Update

 Today is not going well. I made a few calls to try to get transportation to go to appointments, but the result was not as expected. It seems that the only way to make upcoming appointments is to pay for a cab or Uber to take me there.

I am currently reading one of my papers available as a preprint. It is the paper on the use of marketing professionals in the new product development process. Like other papers, I was able to use my background/experience well (especially my experience as an Analyst in the Testing/QA Group with a special assignment to assist to improve the quality of requirements further up the process). I am certain some people would not believe the paper was developed from my school assignment to write a marketing plan for a product. My eye is still a problem but I am getting some stuff done.

Water issue

 I am better today after a mess yesterday. I am not certain whether a pipe broke or something disconnected but there was water gushing out from an area to form a stream on the floor. I am also not certain what led to the issue. Maybe it is related to the snow and frigid temperatures. There was also an issue with our bathroom sink that may have led to problems in the system. We are currently obtaining water from bottles. We have water and I am thankful.

God In Charge

 I keep myself sane in a lot of ways. Interesting guidance from the Bible:

The information reminds me of the song 'Take It To The Lord In Prayer'

Update

 I am dealing with a lot. It was a very eventful day yesterday and today has issues. Yesterday I straightened out a problem with appointments. I am not sure how that happened. I think I relied on my phone too much. We now have plumbing issues at our house. I am also dealing with transportation issues (my father will be unavailable). I do not like what is happening in my life right now.

About that paper...

 Last time I worked on my compensation paper, I finished rewriting the research problem and got to the quantitative model. I do not want to change the model much (from my school paper). I need to work on it some more.

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sharing

 There is much sharing on the internet. There is the sharing of personal experiences in blogs, on platforms such as LinkedIn, Facebook, Bluesky, and X, on websites, and more. Even the daily writing prompt involves sharing personal information and experiences. A lot of people respond to the daily writing prompt. I like to review what's out there. Sometimes I am surprised by the information people choose to share. I've seen detailed information on health issues and detailed accounts of traumatic experiences.

Some sites seek volunteers to share their story. The stories assist others. An example is this story/post for an association: https://diabetes.org/blog/meet-leora. The contributor, Leora, described diabetes as the scariest thing of her life. I don't believe there are stories like mine there. I had pre-diabetes years ago and was on medication. I am now off of the medication and experiencing life as someone without diabetes. I like to think of these positive things from time to time.

Link to site: https://diabetes.org/blog/meet-leora

Post

 I saw a lot of negative posts about LinkedIn recently. People are complaining that the platform is no good anymore. I think the complaints will lead to changes. I do enjoy reading about people's experiences and lessons in the workplace on LinkedIn. I hope those posts continue.

Today, I found a post on developing the skill of presenting information to others. The poster shared that a graduate student once commented that he should never teach at the university again (an anonymous review). Four years later, he won a distinguished teaching award at the same university. He must be very proud of his accomplishment. Life is a lot like this.

Link to post: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/andrewhchurchill_sharing-a-bit-of-my-own-path-here-%F0%9D%9F%AE%F0%9D%9F%AC-ugcPost-7421988831886872577-e2yJ?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAABmvj0BFHeOpC8Es9eLm35HBYiDrkydyUo