This week’s show was a smorgasbord of tangents and divergences. We talked about water, coffee, cell phone data plans, and hockey.
Category: Blog
Weight loss, and Fake It returns (January 3)
Fake It is back! Learn a little about my weight loss in 2015.
More than I can chew? Nah… (January 2)
One of the first things that happens when you start a big project with repeating deadlines, like a challenge to make something online every day for a year, is realizing just how much work it’s going to be. Yeah, I can write something on January 1st, and hit publish, but Day 1 is literally going to be the easiest day.
If I want this year-long project to be remotely interesting, I’m going to have to lay some groundwork. This is going to take work on some days that doesn’t pay off right away. For instance, today I recorded a podcast and a bunch of music for my podcast Feedback. It’s going to take several hours of work to put together any of the pieces of what I recorded, and that recording itself took about 3 hours all told.
Recording this month’s episode of Feedback with my musical friends. Another thing that will make this project a failure is if I can’t live my life at all while I’m doing it. I want to spend time with my friends and my family too. But I will have to make sacrifices. I’m writing this right now while my friends are spending time together, because my commitment to this project is important to me.
I will get better at this. I will put in work in the next few weeks to get out ahead of the project, so if I have a busy day where nothing I’m working on will be done, there will be something I can put up.
I can’t always put out my Titanic, but I promise that I will do everything I can to at least be interesting each day. I will try to give you something to think about, to consider. I’m really excited.
The skills I’ve learned over the last 2-3 years make me incredibly happy, and I can wait to share new things with you. Now, I’m going to head back to my friends, and to go and see Star Wars (finally). Enjoy the rest of your weekend!
Ottawhat 85 – Sandy Powell (Help At Home Association)
This week, our last Ottawhat of 2015 was all about charity, family, and community. We met with Sandy Powell from the Help at Home Association. Go listen to the episode and check out the organization to find out how you can help the families of sick children.
Making More of 2016 (January 1)
The last few years of my life have been the best so far by a wide margin. On its own, 2015 was an incredible year for me, and I’m lucky to have been able to ring in the new year with *many* of my very good friends!
I’ve made a lot of different things for the Internet, starting around 2011, but this past year might have been my most prolific. Writing for my own blog, making podcasts with my network, Unwind Media, and videos for Sons of Pluto, and most recently, starting to write for MobileSyrup, has kept me in love with being creative and making things.
In addition to the things I made this year, I also got married, and I weigh 35 pounds less than I did at the beginning of last year. The first ~6 months of marriage has been a supremely fun and enjoyable time, and I’m reassured every day that I made the right choice.
My friends are also a huge part of my life, and I’m so thankful that they’re around for all the ups and downs life throws at each of us. I am supremely lucky to have met so many incredible people, and to get the chance to spend as much time with them as I get.
For 2016, I have been mulling over a goal (as we all do this time of year), and since I’ve had so much success sharing my goals online, I’m going to do the same this year. I considered delaying the start of this challenge until my life stabilized a little bit, but that would defeat the whole purpose.
Starting today, with this blog post, I am challenging myself to make something EVERY SINGLE DAY, for a year, or for as long as I can or feel I need to. Some days, it will be a video. Others, probably a podcast episode. On a day like today, it will be a written blog entry like this (even though each day’s creation will be logged here on robattrell.com).
I thought this morning about the arbitrary nature of starting the year on January 1st, and thought that in light of recording an episode of Feedback tomorrow, and Future Chat the day after, and Ottawhat on the 5th, maybe I could just wait and start next week. But this whole project is going to be about not making any excuses.
There’s always an excuse, and I’ve made a lot of them to myself. Part of this project is also going to be about finding employment. I plan to showcase some of the skills I’ve learned in the last few years, and perhaps even highlight and discuss in more detail why I think I would make a good addition to any company or organization.
Some days, I may address, answer, or discuss a question or topic, but in general I will just be sharing some of my thoughts and feelings about the world and my place in it. There is a lot of bad and a lot of good in the world, and I want to make the good better, and the bad less so.
This is going to be all over the place. I’m excited. Follow along on my journey by subscribing to this blog, to any of my podcasts at unwindmedia.com, or just follow me on Twitter @RobAttrell.
Ottawhat 84 – Duncan McEachern
This week on Ottawhat, we were joined by our friend Duncan. We chatted about Star Wars (before having seen the movie), and generally had a fun time learning about Duncan!Merry Christmas!
Ottawhat 83 – Jon Stouffclair
Ottawhat this week had a musician on the show. We finally had somebody actually bring an instrument on the show, and Joe Stouffclair did not disappoint! Go and listen!
Feedback 7 – Starting Something (Season 2)
That’s right, Feedback has finally returned for its second season! We had a great 6 months off, and we’re back in style with 2 new songs, and a lot of healthy discussion about the upcoming EP from Sons of Pluto. We also talked about some of the new music we’re into these days.I missed these guys!
Future Chat 82 – Beard Prejudice
This week on Future Chat, we talked about Facebook (including my latest rant about Facebook, starting at 19:25), the latest attempt to save the world by reversing anthropogenic climate change, and how sugary foods won’t impact all dieters the same way.
Damien’s Incredible Mouth Skills
My good friend and co-host of the soon-to-be returning music podcast Feedback has a very particular set of skills, namely the ability to do a number of incredible things with his mouth. Among them, he can accurately replicate almost any sound nearly perfectly, including, as you’ll hear, a drop of water.
This blew my mind, and since he happened to have a microphone right in front of him when he was showing me this talent, I am now able to share it with all of you.
Season 2 of Feedback debuts next week, so stay tuned at unwindmedia.com/feedback!
