What would you do if the page were blank?
I don’t take this to mean a totally blank page, because there’s no way I am going to start from scratch. No one ever can. And, perhaps more importantly, I have no desire to start from scratch.
I know I come at this from a positon of privilege in so many ways…
I have a great family, a home, a chance to see my kids grow and that really does bring me joy, so my blank page is a blank with commitments.
Again, I know I come at this from a positon of privilege in so many ways…
Unlike for others, it’s on me to choose to think about this. I have a job, and so does Siân. I have a thing I can do that pays the bills. Maybe that will be around for a few more years before LLM agents take it all away. I think that’s part of the reason for this wondering. This feeling. Let’s be honest - my current role level probably won’t be needed soon. I don’t know how soon, but building the kind of thing I do is already 100 times quicker and easier with LLMs. It’s only really the planning, the structure, the organisation, and actually releasing things that I need to do.
And those parts will go soon. Or be so easily available to everyone that I won’t be needed.
This isn’t a pity party, or meant as scaremongering. However, I don’t know that it matters for me. What it does mean for me is that I need to think about a blank page, what’s going to go on it.
What would I choose to put on it?
Just for the joy of it.
And how do I continue the commitment to my commitments, while pursuing joy.
The truth is I don’t know yet. But I think I’m starting to look forward to finding out.
Which might be something.