Something had happened on a project I’m working on. Someone made a decision that ignored my process and, honestly, it felt like it undermined a lot of the work I’ve been doing. It wasn’t catastrophic. There wasn’t a lot of money attached to it. But it hit that familiar nerve of wait, why wasn’t I included in this?
I could feel myself drafting the message in my head as I walked. You probably know the kind.
Quick.Pointed.Emotionally accurate, but not especially useful.
And I knew that if I sent that message, I’d spend the rest of the day replaying it. Wondering how it landed. Wondering how they’d respond. Wondering if I’d made things worse.
I didn’t want the message to be about me.I wanted it to be about the project.
So instead of sending anything, I opened ChatGPT and started talking to it.
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