Today all I want to do is go out and play, not my life chores.
Creating three recording modules in Audacity, helped to keep me focused. Not sure how this will come into play as I begin editing my practice interviews. Time will tell.
Time to start listening
The first three practice interviews were listened to… For these first interviews, I had a curiosity, an interest in learning a little more from each guest. There were no guiding questions or structure.
The thing holding these interviews together was my curiosity around the story pieces I discovered while doing research. I feel I need to listen to these interviews one more time before moving on…
Today is a good day to practice annunciation. No other reason than to do something different. I’m reading the book “Thanks for the Feedback”. So giving and receiving feedback is on my mind. Here is a brief reading from chapter three, relationship triggers and the challenge of we.
It was such a lovely morning. I left the music on in the background while recording. Seemed a shame to disrupt the moment.
First take, a few minor edits. Curious how edits might impact the sound. Didn’t notice any significant difference.
I’ve been thinking about rhythm, my speech rhythm. I recalled advice from my last piano teacher. Your fingers know what to do, if you will let them what they know. Always interesting how these lessons in life that we didn’t understand at the time come forward to help us.
I decided, my voice knows what to do. Why don’t I just let it do what it does naturally? One take, less than 5 minutes of editing.
It was a beautiful day today. We took a day trip to Rhode Island. Here we are on November the 7th, the mid-50s, clear skies, no wind. Exploring places we have not been before. And simply enjoying being there.
Back on track after taking a rest day. Learning so much from my practice interviews. Especially the importance of setting up a guest before the record button is hit. And, understanding the better I become at setting up a guest, the more intentional my questions become.
Nothing new today. Have been recording in mono and stereo. This recording is in stereo. I’m not able to hear a significant difference. Mono may be easier when editing multiple tracks… TBD.
I’m clearly seeing the need to organize my audios better. A task for this weekend.
All practice interviews were listened to. It feels like some of my interviews could be edited into more than one. Also thinking about the combination narrative interview podcast for one interview…it is so rich.
Rainy cloudy day. Lots of small steps were done today. I am so focused when the sound of rain, or wood burning in a fireplace is present. Thank goodness for YouTube 
Not the day I planned. An iPhone update knocked out my apple passcode, locking my phone. At first, the dread of dealing with the technology knowing this will take most of the day. Then a realization, it may not be such a bad thing to clean the slate, a fresh start.
Will receive an email tomorrow to reset my passcode, wipe the phone again and then restore. Fingers crossed the backups have been running correctly 
So the iPhone saga continues. Just before posting up my recording, I received an email telling me my account will be ready to restore on November 27th. Wow!
I played with deleting and adding new recorded segments. Trying to maintain energy between recordings. Haven’t time-shifted within a conversation as yet. My next challenge.
This morning I awoke with this overwhelming urge to get something done. I felt I needed grounding.
At first, I thought, here’s resistance again. But the urge would not leave me. What could I work on for an hour or two and finish? Retrieving some ground. Truth be told, we are changing banks after 15 years. I’ve been moving and cleaning up old accounts a little at a time. Nearly done. This would be a good task to put closure on, reclaiming ground.
So I began. During the process, I discovered my Apple password. I assumed it was deleted in error. I made an appointment with the Apple Store. Now there is a possibility my data can be restored tomorrow instead of waiting until 11/27.
I’m understanding why I was feeling the pull to bring something to closure. A part of me knew what I had been looking for was right in front of me. I just could not see it.
Sometimes stopping is not resistance. It’s paying attention.
My first 30 days, comes to a close (28 recordings 4 milestones) 
I’m glad I took the time to listen to my recorded journey steps as I learn how to better use my voice.
Technical Learnings:
I am learning not to over-edit.
Getting better at mic placement
Learned to close my window blinds when recording (helps with reverb)
Purchased a room screen to help separate me from the rest of our apartment (helps with reverb)
Recognize environmental sounds, easily select and reduce the sound throughout the recording
Recognize breathing sounds, " " " "
See when my voice peaks, reduce the amplication, then adjust the whole recording.
I have not used Auphonic for these recordings.
Voice Learning:
A better understanding of my cadence
Slower is easier to edit, and I tend to annunciate better
I don’t have many umms and ahhs in my speech
Do have so’s and and’s
When I think, I will use double words—learning to pause instead
Getting more comfortable with air space
Breathing is better
Energy is better
Unexpected Learnings:
Creating space for recording, editing, and listening to podcasts is disruptive to my day-to-day.
Becoming comfortable with taking small steps was (is) challenging
Being patient with myself as I learn new tools
Letting go of my past online business tools/learning and allowing my new online business to evolve
Seeing (hearing) my recorded voice in Audacity and hearing the difference between it and my mind recording paying behind the scenes.
An incredible journey so far. Let’s start the next 30 days!
Participated in an insightful conversation about inertia and motivation. I decided to take a deeper dive into understanding the word meanings.
Combination sharing thoughts and reading. Felt pretty good, with a few edits. Still learning my balance between structure and creativity.
Just keeping on, keeping on.
I forgot to set up my screen for this recording. Pretty amazing the difference in the reverb. Seems I’m starting to connect sounds and effects.
Closed my old business, officially, this week. Although it took a while to press the button. The relief was palpable. I now feel I have more headspace for what’s next. My heart’s been there waiting.
Step-by-step…
Just cleaning and packing today for our trip to Chicago.
I’m getting more and more comfortable with not editing too much. Mostly noise reduction and balancing amplification. I did edit down one big SSSS. No production rabbit hole, well within my 5 minutes production allocation.
Going through an exercise of reflecting on 20 years of work from my closed business. I have project charters for each client, each project. I’m so glad I kept this information.
There are parts of my old business I do not want to repeat. At the same time, a lot of good came from my work. I want to recognize, celebrate and keep learning from this good work.
As they say… “don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater!”