And sometimes I pick the wrong distro. Back to familiar turf, for now

Trying a Linux distribution I’ve not tried before, and an email client I haven’t used for decades. I’m not interested in suggestions in the Start Menu nor AI features. I get plenty of Microsoft via my employer. I’m interested in AI but I’m not convinced I need it

TIL that one’s custom email address isn’t exactly how one retrieves iCloud email. That single detail could have saved significant pain before today, but I got in. So I have that.

This love of the written word extends to my media consumption. I rarely choose video. The amount of time that passes in introductions or reviews before the actual presentation of new information is excrutiating. Can I just see a transcript?

To be honest, I feel that written communication allows me to show my best self in a way that eludes me in the moment.

I do prefer the written word. There is something about seeing my thoughts that lends itself to me better understanding my own reactions and circumstances.

Emotions prevent me from reaching out. Guilt about how long I have not communicated also keeps me from connecting. If there’s any form of conflict, it’s going to take me time build the energy to address it. If time passes, guilt is part of the emotional cocktail. And so on.

I have a lot of anxiety around initiating communication. I hate making phone calls for this reason, especially knowing how intrusive a call can be. I do have a phone number but most people I know probably don’t know what it is. Has been the same for more than 20 years.

Started a Hello page, but I want to use too many words and over explain. I’m working on a draft, but I will have to distill it for a while. I love one-on-one coversations. In groups, I recede as I process and correlate and think of things to say that the coversation has already left behind

Bone conduction headphones and multipoint pairing make a wonderful tool to use at work