We have had beautiful Spring weather in Ireland for the last few days. Everything is drying up after weeks and weeks of relentless rain 😊 Everyone - including our horses - is in better form. The evenings are brighter and Mother Nature is waking up 😊 It’s all very lovely. But here’s what’s bugging me …. That relentless rain is just gone. All those gallons of water that fell from the sky soaked into the land and made it waterlogged. Fields were too wet to use, and too wet to drive on, and the excess water became a threat to the environment in agricultural areas. On the other hand, we’re reading about a potential ‘water famine’ (which I think is just a new term for ‘drought’) because of the demands of the ever-increasing number of data centres needed to power AI. Like it or not, the AI genie is well and truly out of the bottle and is never going back. Just like air travel and family cars and all the other modern conveniences we’ve become accustomed to, it’s here to stay. We can’t undo AI - but we can be smart about how we manage it. If the volume of rain that fell in the first couple of months of 2026 had been collected, nobody would have to be worried about any kind of drought. As a species, we really to work smarter! QUESTION What’s annoying you right now?

What’s your guilty pleasure when it comes to food? You know, that delicious thing with questionable nutritional value that you sometimes crave 😊 Mine is Jambons - an Irish delicacy. I’m not sure if they exist anywhere else??

Quick check-in 😊 If your current energy level was a horse, which one would it be? There are no wrong answers. Energy naturally ebbs and flows. Where are you today? And more importantly… what might help you move one step closer to the energy you you’d like to have?

Is there one yard job that you know you’re exceptionally good at? Even if you do all the jobs below every day, choose the one where you really shine 😊 The one where you stand back with a satisfied smile to admire your handiwork 😊 The one nobody else can do to your standard? What are you Queen or King of around the yard? Don’t be shy 😊

Have you ever opened ChatGPT (or any other AI tool) just to ‘quickly check something’……and three hours later you’ve: • designed a new program • written half a book • restructured your entire business mode • explored your childhood money beliefs • and somehow ended up researching medieval horse tack 🙃 Welcome to the ChatGPT Vortex. It happens to me more often than I'd like to admit! It begins innocently, usually with an 'I wonder ....' that leads me to AI with a question. That question leads to another. Then another. Then a ‘just one more refinement.’ Then, ‘Actually, what if we built a global standards initiative while we’re here?’ Suddenly it’s dark outside, my coffee is cold, and I'm not entirely sure what dimension I'm in On the plus side, I have a 24-month institute formation roadmap, three course outlines, and a surprisingly philosophical reflection on the nature of purpose. The truth is, the vortex isn’t entirely a bad place to be. Ideas expand. Possibilities appear. Thinking stretches. And sometimes the most powerful breakthroughs arrive when curiosity is allowed to run a little wild. AI is a wonderful and powerful tool - but needs to be used intentionally. If you get find yourself caught in the AI Vortex too, here's a, gentle reminder to: • stand up • drink water • blink occasionally • and maybe step outside to see and touch an actual horse or a tree, or anything in nature - (the original non-AI intelligence). QUESTION What unexpectedly brilliant idea has the AI vortex dropped into your lap recently?