Black Box Recordings, by InMyOwnWorld

Getting my day started while recovering from throwing my back out.

Autumn is progressing along, and the wet and cold are returning. I needed some extra help focusing on doing stuff, since the wet and cold bring (additional) pain and fatigue. So I made an episode, to help me focus.

It’s Friday! One of my days off! And yet I still have things to do that take most of my energy and focus. Blerg.

During tonight’s post-midnight anti-nap (the exact opposite of an afternoon nap), I convinced myself to wash the dishes by recording myself rambling about being lonely (among other rambles). Enjoy?

Washing dishes at five in the morning, while wearing a headlamp and recording myself speaking to an audience that isn’t there? If that’s what it takes to get the job done, I’ll do it. And it is. And I did. Also... 50th episode!!! 🎉🥳🎉

Another morning episode, where I put my Do Deck hand together for the day and start getting the morning things done. Felt more productive than usual today.

Join me (or don’t) as I convince myself to cut up vegetables for my batch cooking of stir fry veg.

An afternoon episode, with much of the time being occupied by making tuna salad.

It’s the morning after a major event (housemate’s Disability hearing, which they won, which will drastically improve our finances), and I’m exhausted and keyed-up at the same time. Also in a lot of pain. But the daily tasks still need to get done, and my brain still can’t manage it all on its own, so here’s another episode of me using my podcast as a way to help me get shit done and plan my day.

It was a sluggish morning today, so I encouraged myself to get started by sticking in a bluetooth earpiece, firing up the voice recorder app, and recording an episode. You get to listen to me talk myself through the first hour of my risen day, make plans, and brush my teeth (among other things). Enjoy?

In a break from the typical episode where I try to plan my day and get stuff done around the house, this two-parter is me, reading through the news headlines that I flagged in my RSS reader over the past 8 months, skimming some of the stories, and ranting about the state of the world. Part 2.

In a break from the typical episode where I try to plan my day and get stuff done around the house, this two-parter is me, reading through the news headlines that I flagged in my RSS reader over the past 8 months, skimming some of the stories, and ranting about the state of the world. Part 1.

Been feeling pretty bleh for the past few days. Higher pain levels, higher fatigue levels. This episode is me, feeling more miserable and unfocused than usual, making sure that I get the important things done today. Also, a change in Amazon’s Terms and Conditions was in my inbox, basically telling me that I can’t sue them or join a class action lawsuit against them, if I continue to use their serv...

Started recording this episode while still in bed, as a way to get myself out of bed. It worked.

Been a little bit since I had a ‘starting my day’ episode (had a morning obligation that was taking priority). Just me, talking into a bluetooth earpiece, and convincing myself to plan things and do things.

Fifteen minutes of me, in the morning, building and organizing the day’s hand of Do Deck cards, so that I have a rough plan I can refer to and easily modify throughout the day.

Mumble, mumble, mumble.

A slightly-shorter-than-normal episode, but the same old stuff… Going through my Do Deck hand for the day and trying to take care of some stuff around the house. And eating some stir fry.

Join me as I ignore the US federal holiday and instead work my way through my Do Deck hand until I am too exhausted to focus properly. About 50 minutes.

Restarting my morning, after a brief rest.

More of the same: doing morning tasks and preparing for my day.

Yet again motivating myself to do stuff by recording yet another episode of me, doing stuff. Including taking out the trash.

Rainy days are sapping my limited capacity for getting shit done, making my blahs twice as blah-y.. Join me on my doubly-blah morning as I medicate the cat and set myself up for the kitchening I intend to do later today.

Starting my day, medicating a cat, feeding crows, and going through my Do Deck to make sure things get done.

Starting off my post-cat-medication morning with some Do Deck organizing and replanning, due to some changes in another person’s plans. Then, I work through some of the cards in today’s hand.