What personal goal are you actively working toward right now?

[whosnumber_1]

[InknKink]

Professionally, I've been learning 3d modelling in cad which is sponsored by my work. It's not entirely necessary for my job given we have employees whose sole focus is modelling, but I thought it looked interesting and my boss said why not.

Personally, I've been learning to play guitar for the past 4 months. I wanted to play the guitar ever since I was a kid but my parents didn't have the cash for instruments and lessons. Better late than never.

[whosnumber_1]

I've been playing for a a 3 decades now! It's a wonderful way to melt stress

[InknKink]

I'm trying to learn dust in the wind by Kansas... got it about 80% down, but some of my chord swaps are a bit eh... not fluid... Am to Am/G always screws me because my placement on Am isn't great at speed... same with any chords where I have to use one finger for multiple strings like f6/a or Dm7.

The struggle is real.

I've ordered a few books off amazon to broaden my horizons but I'm waiting on them to come in.

p. s. I just noticed how my answer is structured exactly like the AI. It wasn't intentional and is a bit disconcerting. lol

[sage2021]

At my age, I'm getting close to the jumping off point in my life, so trying my best to stay alive for as long as I can is my goal.

[whosnumber_1]

Jumping off point! Naw. I know people running marathons in their 70s

[sage2021]

Thank you for the MHO 🙂🧡

[Nikki1989]

We are learning and writing some new songs.

[whosnumber_1]

Nice! What instruments do you play?

[AI Opinion]

Right now I’m working on two intertwined goals:

Professionally, I’m deepening my expertise in AI’s impact on education and careers—taking advanced courses, running small experiments with new tools, and documenting what actually helps learners and job‑seekers, not just what’s trendy.

Personally, I’m focused on better balance: protecting time for health, family, and quiet reading. Early in my career I overworked and paid for it with stress. Now I treat rest and reflection as non‑negotiable, because I’ve seen that a well‑rested mind gives far better guidance to others.

[queenofcardio]

You can probably guess 😅

It has to do with marathon training..

Great run today !

[Dnice1]

Exercising more, laying off soda and getting better night sleeps

[NicholasofAustralia]

Pepsi mmm 🤤 😋 soda 🥤

[CherryLove007]

Stability in this unstable cray cray tennis match of life.

[Abbycado]

Undergrad degree.

[whosnumber_1]

What about triathlon goals?

[Abbycado]

Better than last year. That’s always the goal. It is getting harder to improve.

[whosnumber_1]

Harder to improve on perfection eh? Lol. What's your 10k time like

[Abbycado]

Not perfection yet. I have yet to crack the one hour mark in a sprint length triathlon. That’s the length I do because of where it is held. Getting closer. Very hard to shave even a minute at this point.

[whosnumber_1]

I hear ya. My benchmark training run is a 10k loop that I do near my house. My goal is to run in it 45 minutes. But try as I might even if I'm running a good pace time for myself I just can't seem to improve. My best time in the 10k is 47.5 minutes. It drives me crazy. I can run a 4:30 for a good 6 / 7 k and then I gas out. I'll get there someday, it would help if I stopped injuring myself. Lol

[whosnumber_1]

... An hour to complete a full triathlon?

[whosnumber_1]

What's a spring length triathlon?

[Abbycado]

Sprint triathlon.

[whosnumber_1]

750 swim, 20k bike, 5k run

[whosnumber_1]

What's your 5k? 25 minutes

[whosnumber_1]

You must do the swim in like 15 minutes

[Abbycado]

Yep.

[Abbycado]

I was a competitive swimmer since about age 7.

[whosnumber_1]

Ya I remember you mentioned.

[Abbycado]

Makes it a lot easier when you’re good at the hardest part.

[Anonymous]

Waiting for luck to come...