A highschool classmate died last weekend. I just found out. Funeral was this morning.
She was way too young.
Went to bed Saturday night and didn't wake up.
We were friends many decades ago. A year ago I was planning a trip back home and we tried to meet up. Schedules didn't align. We promised to try again next time.
Now she's dead.
Look around you today. If you are alive, then BE alive. This is the only moment we have...right now.
And be a good person while doing it.
Good bye Jennifer.😥
I think I just finished planning our big vacation. We leave on Thursday morning.
Every hour is planned. I know it will not work out that way, but at least we can get back on track if we want to see certain things.
Lots of driving, too. I made a bunch of personal Google maps and printed them for backup.
There is a LOT of room for improvement and automation in this vacation planning space. I can see great opportunities for AI to make this easier and faster.
No problem is worth fixing unless you know how it breaks a valuable best-practice.
The Structure of a Best Practice:
-Description
-Trigger Event
-End-State
-Stakeholders, Orgs & Roles
-Systems
-Pre-Existing Conditions
-Scope
-Steps
-Metrics
The context of Problems that cause failure:
-Problems within Pre-Existing Conditions
-Problems within Steps
First, understand what Success looks like. Then understand how the problem makes it Unsuccessful.
Father in law had successful surgery, but now we know it's cancer.
Prognosis still TBD.
Next big question will be: Do you want to go through chemo and feel like shit for, potentially, years? Or, live out your last days with a slow decline.
At 88, these are already the bonus years of life.
I think we all need to consider that we will, one day, face our last day alive. That's ok. It's nature doing what it does. Maybe the more we consider it when we are approaching that day the easier it will be
More family medical issues:
Father in law checked himself into the hospital. Too much pain. He's going into surgery at 4pm (90 mins). Hospital is in Southern California. We're in Northern California. Wife considering flying down this afternoon.
We just did this in February with her brother going into surgery.
I'm fine, btw. Wife is a bit shaken, but steady.
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