#constructive thinking

OK. We’re doing this. 

I read this ask yesterday and I’ve disappeared down a mental rabbit hole thinking about it - because I struggle to think of anything I like about myself, and I feel guilty when I try to. And I know that sounds self-pitying. So that’s something I’m going to work on. Yay for personal growth.

I think we are socially conditioned to self-deprecate while at the same time lionising and prioritising extroversion and confidence. And that’s really perverse. 

So I’m doing this thing in solidarity with other folks who’ve been raised to play down their strengths.

Thank you @mavis-bluemoon for asking me - you’re right, positivity is cool!

5 things I like about myself:

1. My sense of humour and my ability to not take myself too seriously.

2. My resilience - I get discouraged easily, I think, but I’m good at bouncing back.

3. My ability to empathise, and to see things from perspectives other than my own.

4. My organisational skills - I’m an admin ace (it may not be exciting, but I figure we can’t all be fascinatingly chaotic?)

Okay, here we go on another journey.  Hmmm… Context Engineering — — or — — Prompt Engineering…. Lemme see. No, wait. Let me “Think About It”. Yeahhh… that might be an even better scenario — let me THINK about the CONTEXT of what we need. Yeahhh… that sounds like a better path.

Intro The use of “Thinking”, “Context” and attempting to act strategically, innovatively and / or creatively have all been in my brain and mindset for many years. I’ve brought up any one of these terms many times in the past, sometimes collectively. Now, with the advent and continued rise of Prompting in the AI world, ‘prompting’ has been in the back of my brain for a couple of years, never thought about writing anything or talking about it a’tall… until this past week.  The result — a lot of material came out of my brain to write about “Context” and “Prompting”…

THINKING Think               "Think"            "THINK" (Just don’t end up overthinking. And yeah, it takes some serious self-discipline. It is a very, very fine line to slip over and start sliding down a teflon coated rabbit hole. Akin to folks going down the infamous chatbot rabbit hole sleigh ride…) Think strategically, think creatively, think innovatively... Yes, we are talking about thinking, thinking all the time.... You, me, us – we all.....