Can I be candid for a minute?
I spend a lot of my day reading politics, economics, AI, world events, and trying to connect the dots.
I still believe it’s important work.
But here’s what I’ve realized...
Living in politics every single day is exhausting.
I suspect I’m not the only one feeling that way.
Lately I’ve been asking myself a bigger question…
What do I want GeezerWise to stand for five or ten years from now?
The answer surprised me.
I don’t think it’s politics.
I think it’s helping people think more clearly, become wiser, stay curious, and enjoy life a little more.
Politics would still be part of GeezerWise. Canada Strong isn’t going anywhere.
But I’d also love to explore things like…
• Critical thinking and spotting manipulation
• Fun “Thought Exercises” that sharpen the mind
• AI that actually improves your life
• Psychology and why we believe what we believe
• Stories that make you smile
• Animals doing amazing things
• Life lessons
• Skills worth learning
• Ideas that simply make us better humans
In other words...
Less outrage.
More wisdom.
I’d really like to know how that feels to you.
If GeezerWise gradually became a place that helped you think clearer, laugh more, and stay sane in a noisy world...
Would that be something you’d look forward to?
I’d genuinely love your thoughts.
🔎 The GeezerWise Standard
This space is built on disciplined thinking.
Facts over spin.
Verification before amplification.
Good-faith discussion over tribal noise.
I use AI tools to help shape my spoken drafts into clear writing.
The judgment, conclusions, and final message are mine.
If you’re new here, this explains how I decide what’s worth sharing:
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A Quick Note About Getting in Touch
One thing I’d like to ask as GeezerWise grows...
Please keep questions, ideas, and conversations in the comments whenever possible.
That’s where I spend my time, and when a good question is asked publicly, everyone benefits from the discussion.
I can’t promise to reply to every comment, but I do read them, and many of my best ideas come directly from our conversations here.
Thanks for helping make GeezerWise a community where we all learn from one another.
Always really appreciate your standards and enjoy the quality, format and content of your Substack, Fred. It's informative and refreshing.
Your proposal for the next "chapter" sounds interesting. It's possible that I may have misinterpreted your intentions expressed here. However, just a small word of advice or caution: do not water down what you do by going off on so many tangents, hoping to attract more subs, that you lose the core of us who found and follow you for what you have been doing all these months.
There are a lot of Substack "generalists/ whatever's on my mind contributors" out there to follow. Many of the ones I checked out and followed initially, lost their original hook and ended up spreading their content too thinly. Personally, I stayed loyal to a very few, do hit and miss for some, and actually cancelled most. But that's just me.
Bottom line is that you have to be true to your personal motivation and desire to make a better production for you, or else you will no longer come across as the wise, genuine old geezer who cares tremendously about the world and especially his country.
❤️🇨🇦
Living in total saturation of the political climate is exhausting and can't be healthy. I've found myself in a constant state of agitation, and often, outrage and defe0at. Your ideas to bring more tools to navigate what we're living through would be a welcome gift.