Parting Ways With AI

It's day 258 of documenting 2025.

It's a wonderful day to be alive 😊

Another week in 2025,

Another set of opportunities.

And over here in my area, it's the first week of the school resumption.

The girl I'm teaching went to school today, so the tutoring session I have with her will now be in the evening.

It's afternoon, and I was home all morning.

What was I doing?

Writing, crochet, sleeping and after, workouts (before my siblings came back from school...)

It was really nice 🙂 

So, my admission hasn't come yet.

It's expected by the end of this month, which will mark the end of the third quarter of 2025.

OMG! 2026 is close!

It would be a lot of reflections, by the time October comes...

And not to forget, the series I would be starting called, "Behind The Scenes".

Alright, let's get into Highlights.

Today's note from a 365-day book written by Martin Meadows ✍🏼

I'll add a few thoughts afterwards.

365 Days With Self-discipline 

📌 On Helping, With No Strings Attached

"Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others.

Unsuccessful people are always asking, “What’s in it for me?”

Quote by Brian Tracy

(One of my favorite authors 😁)

You can help others in two ways: help with no expectation for getting anything in return but the pleasure of helping, or help in a calculated way, expecting a reward.

Obviously, some situations require scratching each other’s back. It would be foolish to help someone without expecting a clear compensation in return if you’re conducting a regular business transaction.

However, many trivial everyday situations are opportunities for learning to exhibit the other approach: offering help with no strings attached.

This type of help is a valuable exercise in learning self-discipline because when you make difficult choices, you won’t always have a guarantee of a future reward. 

Helping for the sake of helping is a powerful exercise in learning that it’s worth it to do something positive for the sake of doing it, and not necessarily for immediate compensation.

Nobody is going to jump out of the corner with a trumpet, clapping their hands and congratulating you for making the right choice when you skip dessert.

However, just like when helping with no strings attached, doing it anyway (without others’ congratulations or expressed approval) can help you learn to draw pleasure from the mere fact of doing something that you know is good for you.

In addition to that, looking for opportunities to help others will help you develop the mindset of a successful individual; a person who’s constantly on the lookout to contribute more to the world.

(I shared the whole note...)

I think this is the basis of altruism: helping for the sake of helping.

And it becomes a problem when it turns to people-pleasing, at the expense of your own welfare.

Most people don't know the difference.

What else would I like to add tho? 🤔 

Now that I think about it, let me just spill.

I sometimes think of how I would feel when I finally have to leave home.

Truth is, I can't predict my reaction or response, especially to goodbyes.

Will I cry or just smile?

Will I hug or just shake hands?

Well of course, it depends on the person I'm addressing.

Fun fact, I had a dream a few days back....and I'm just remembering it now.

I dreamt that I didn't have time to say my goodbyes....that I just left.

I just hope it doesn't turn out that way.

You know what I think? 🤔 

Maybe goodbyes would be much later than I think...it may not even be this month.

I can't say for sure but I hope so.

And yeah! Let me add this...

I deleted ChatGPT yesterday.

My AI assistant is gone for now.

(Probably the biggest news...which I saved for last 😏)

What made me do that?

I decided to practice writing without AI.

Arnold (my AI assistant) has been helping with my writing projects for the past 3 months....with me coming up with the ideas of course.

Recently, I was led to starting a new project...a newsletter.

By the way, I deleted the old newsletter I had before (the one about writing).

Anyways, this new project is different from the others, and quite special.

(More details later)

And I know myself.

I would be "tempted" to use AI for writing suggestions or ideas.

To prevent that, I part ways with it...

Not forever, but until when I've fully mastered writing without its help.

Because I haven't 😐

Well, that's what I wanted to add...

I'm ending today's post at this point.

Thanks for reading 🎀 

And remember that God is in control of everything...even when you may not understand what He's doing.

Just trust in God.

To catch up on former posts, check out the main site, Documenting 2025.

See you in the next post 💜