No one:
Me making up sayings because I think it’s funny: “putting a condom on a baby’s head” (too little too late)
“power washing the good china” (doing too much and causing accidental harm)
“skydiving with a napkin” (not a hope in hell)
The smartest people I know, and not necessarily the most academically gifted, possess weapons grade pattern recognition that they use mercilessly in every facet of their life.
the most universally applicable takeaway from reading parenting books recently:
Children engage in behaviors to find out what “works” to get what they want. If they persist in a behavior, it’s because it’s part of a system that “works,” even if dysfunctionally, toward some end
my husband, driving to our six-year-old’s soccer game: shoot, do you have any cash? I forgot we have to pay to get in
me: no, we may be out of luck
ten-year-old from back seat, after being asked to leave his wallet at home FOR YEARS but always insisting he might need it: WELL, WELL, WELL… ''sound of Velcro ripping open''
One of my colleagues asked me “Do you think you’re superior for not using AI in your work?” and I'm like, Thank you for that beautiful question. Yes, I do.
Visiting your hometown is so crazy cause on one hand you’re forced to reckon with every ghost of unresolved trauma from your past over and over forever but on the other hand there’s like that one sandwich that’s so good