ChatGPT line editing, you're still enough, interviewing, tell your story, don't set goals

This week has been a busy one.

With Apple’s latest releases of beta software there’s been a lot to try out. Currently I’m running betas on my iPad, iPhone, and Watch. Things are a bit buggy on the phone, but overall everything has been usable since the second day of installing. My goal over the summer is to get a feel for the new design language so I can start incorporating it into future projects.

With that said, the five posts I’m most interested in sharing aren’t about WWDC, though you can find some pieces I wrote on those topics. I’m most excited about some introspective posts that will hopefully be useful to you.

• Line editing with ChatGPT - The quickest way to improve your writing in 2025 is to write out a rough draft of a piece, then ask ChatGPT to line edit. But, and this is important, don’t copy the results from the chatbot. Instead re-write it yourself, using your own words. This will quickly level up your writing, and help you internalize ways to create with more clarity.
• You’re still enough - Written with some surprising emotion, I tried my best to convey the idea that the world’s definition of you doesn’t encompass who you are. It doesn’t even come close. You’re amazing, just existing is special, and from that place of strength comes the opportunity to do and be something unique.
• Everyone has a story - Spend enough time listening and you’ll be happily surprised with the stories all around you.
• Interviews and interviewees - Live long enough and you’ll likely be in the position of finding a job or hiring for one. On both sides of the virtual table there’s opportunity to make the other person’s day a little brighter. Each interview time can be a chance to connect, especially since most interviews by definition can’t end in a hire.
• Don’t set goals, find your limits - This is a topic I’ve been thinking about all year. Joan does a fantastic job of encapsulating an idea I hadn’t quite been able to put my finger on. Goals have a way of being slippery and unsatisfying, but limits are a way of structing a life you want to live.

Thank you for reading. If you have a favorite piece I’d love to hear about it, and if you have suggestions for writing I can do next week, please get in touch.