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Not having a jolly good time

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“And we will have
A jolly good time” – Lazy Days by Robbie Williams

Well, I’m not having a jolly good time.

The end of the year is getting closer. I haven’t achieved anything that I had planned. I’m still in the same place as I was before. For example, I still have to watch my money. I thought I would have financial security by now, but no money is coming in.

I’ve had so many other things to think about besides blogging, so I didn’t realize I hadn’t blogged for two months. Blogging isn’t what it used to be. I wonder if people still care about blogs. Not mine anyway. I’ve been away so long; people might have forgotten about this blog. Even I am a little bored with blogging. There is so much else to do than think about blogging. It’s usually life in general that does that.

Even if I haven’t posted, I still had traffic, but now I don’t. This blog has reached over 100,000 views in the 13 years I’ve had the blog. This year, traffic has been higher than ever. Look at the image below.

Stats.

The only time I’m having a jolly good time is when I write fan fiction and go to ice hockey games. (I have a season ticket to my local team, HC TPS) And of course, when I take photos and videos. But I don’t get paid to do that. I wish I did, but no one buys.

I should be grateful I still have my health and that I live in a country without war. You should enjoy the small things and do something every day. I have taken up reading books. I never thought I would. I’ve read books before, but never anything longer than 100 pages. Right now I’m reading “The murder of Roger Ackroyd” by Agatha Christie. So I am actually having a jolly good time. And as long as the weather is nice, it’s good to read outside.

AI is “mocking” my Instagram feed

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My Instagram feed in Finnish

I love using AI. It helps me a lot. But sometimes it “mocks” me, but in a good way. It gives me honest feedback and gives me suggestions on how to improve. It’s not always correct, but nothing is ever perfect anyway.

I use AI in both personal and professional settings. I’ve recently used it in fan fiction. It gives me feedback when no one else does. It teaches me how to improve my storytelling. I use both ChatGPT and Gemini. I found another called Claude, but it has a chat limit. Meaning, if you want to use it without interruptions, you have to pay for it.

Sometimes I write explicit content, but only Gemini wants to check it. It can take the fun out of it, and AI wants to change the story. But it suggests better ways to write it without being too forward. Sometimes it writes better than I. But also, it can say exactly how I meant to say it. AI is good for learning better English, too.

I don’t use AI in this blog because I want it to be as real as possible. I write this blog as a hobby, so the writing doesn’t need to be superb. AI is a tool like a search engine, but the answers come quickly, and you don’t need to search for information yourself.

Do you use AI, and if you do, which one, ChatGPT or Gemini? Or something else? Share your thoughts in the comments.