This week felt like a highlight reel of everything I care about: health optimization, tech in education, and eliminating inefficiency. And in case you’re wondering—yes, I’ve had walking pneumonia through all of it.

Let’s get into it.

🫁 Walking Pneumonia Is Real—and I Still Didn’t Stop

After three weeks of a lingering cough, I finally got chills and body aches. I listened to my own lungs (yes, I do that), thought I heard rails (a pneumonia indicator), and went to urgent care.

They didn’t hear anything, but offered me antibiotics “just in case”—which honestly frustrates me. That kind of vague “could be this or that” approach in medicine is one reason I tend to avoid the system. But I took the Z-Pak. Two days later, I was way better. Efficiency wins.

As someone who had Crohn’s and is fiercely protective of my gut microbiome, I don’t mess around with antibiotics. But sometimes? You have to weigh the impact of downtime—not in dollars, but in responsibility.

🤖 School Board Wants to Limit AI… So I Offered to Teach It Instead

At a school board policy meeting this week, the discussion was focused entirely on limiting the use of AI—tools like ChatGPT Zero to catch students “cheating.”

That’s when I had to speak up.

I said, “If our only goal is to limit what is likely the greatest educational advancement in decades, we’re doing students a disservice.”

Third graders struggling to type? Let them speak to AI.

Multi-language learners? Let them talk to it in their native tongue.

Visual learners? Let AI draw charts and graphs on the fly.

By the end of the meeting, they asked me to lead a professional development day for teachers and administrators on how to use AI in the classroom. That’s a win I’m really excited about.

📊 CARES Committee: A $30,000 Survey from 2014 vs. a 3-Minute ChatGPT Rewrite

Ten years ago, the CARES committee ran a community needs assessment.

• $30,000 consultant
• 20-page physical survey
• 12 in-person events
• 400 total responses (in a town of 30,000)

This week, we had a meeting to “discuss the job description for the next consultant.” I was like, wait… what?!

I ran the old survey through ChatGPT and said, “What are we missing?”

Boom—AI flagged the absence of anything about COVID’s impact, broadband access, digital literacy… things that should be part of a modern needs assessment.

We don’t need another consultant.

We need to modernize. And fast.

With AI, we’ve already got a solid draft. Now it’s just a matter of distributing it—which we can do with volunteers.

Takeaway? Efficiency Isn't Just Smart—It's Necessary

Whether it's your health, your school district, or your local government:

🚫 Don’t just do things the way they’ve always been done.

✅ Ask what’s possible now—and who (or what) can help.

AI isn’t coming. It’s already here. You can either fight it or use it to make things better—for your students, your community, and yourself.

Make it an effective day,

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