I know it’s in to hate LLM chatbots. I don’t think it will ever go away. Not that I care what others approve of. If I did, I have a weird way of showing it. But I have been looking for really helpful ways to use LLMs beyond the basics. And I created a Gemini Gem for documenting my life in my personal journal. And I want to share the 1st entry!

Work was decent today, though I ran into some IT issues with my training. I realized late that I forgot to document my production, so I’ll need to pull those numbers from the spreadsheet tomorrow morning. Unfortunately, there was no part-time work today, and I read some concerning news that we might be paused until the New Year. I really hope that isn’t the case.

I tried starting Mind Games by William Deverell on Hoopla, but I’m already planning to DNF it; it feels too long and overly complex for what I need right now.

My environment feels off tonight. I realized I’ve been freezing all day and suspect the heat isn’t working. My dog likely noticed it before I did. I cycled the power as a last resort, but I’m staying put in the bedroom to avoid waking him. It feels slightly warmer, but since I’m bad at judging temperature, I won’t know for sure until morning.

It was supposed to be for 3 to 5 sentences, but I had extra time & stuff happened today. So, I typed more than I’d planned.

I gave Gemini 20 questions to choose from since generic journal prompts don’t work for my life. Pleased with the outcome. The 20 questions keep it interesting, so I’m not trying to answer the same boring questions.

But this is supposed to be quick entries, just documenting what’s happening since I have a bad memory. No plans to do this daily, but since I’m sort of out of work, I had the time. Hoping to do this at least 3 times a week.