It is going to be very hard to fully divest from Generative AI considering how many daily use programs have added it as a tool. But just like I put gas in my car and I throw my to-go cups in the trash because my city doesn't recycle that kind of plastic and I buy pre-chopped veggies in plastic bags... I cannot ask myself or my clients to completely eschew a thing that is 100% categorically, provably Bad For Humanity. Generative AI is here to stay and largely unavoidable.

The thing about brains is... they don't like new things. They are CAPABLE of new things, but the brain's function is to keep you alive. Not even happy. Not even having a good time. Simply alive. If your heart is beating, your brain thinks its work is done today.

As a marketing professional, I knew about the power of content marketing, search engine optimization, and providing value. And as a writer all the way down to my core, I knew that sometimes I just wanted to write something because my heart needed to put it down in words.

Practice forgiving yourself for past cringe, mistakes, fuck-ups, awkward moments, and talk it out where they can see and hear you. Kids learn by observation. They might surprise you with a level of understanding, compassion, and forgiveness that you didn't think you had already taught them.