Maddy Myers' “Bye!” at the end of every Triple Click episode is simply the best in the biz.

What?! A new puppy cast?! Only to test out the new transcription feature (and plug-in). 😉

I recently published a post about my microcasts and I‘m now writing this to tell you I’m going to microcast less. Less frequent and less scheduled. This is even weirder because I just created an intricate shortcut that automatically publishes a post with the right episode title and number without having to look up any of those details, which streamlined the entire process a lot.

But I have noticed that I‘m not as much in the mood at the moment to record my thoughts in this way. The early riser project, for example, was a great McGuffin to get me out of bed, but since I have changed my approach to waking up, it has become less important to me. I don‘t want to record these little episodes for the ramblings alone.

Being a big fan of podcasts like Back To Work and Cortex, I thought I could do a microcast about my work and how I approach it, but I have noticed that I would like to write about these things, not only talk about them extemporaenously. LeadDev is also the microcast for which the ratio of recorded/published episodes is the worst: I take this as an indicator of my wanting to express myself more carefully than I can while walking the dog and having to observe the environment.

À propos the dog: I created my first microcast, the PuppyCast, because I wanted to have a record of the challenges and joys of raising a puppy. I wanted to look (DailyDoogo, which I will not abandon, btw.) and listen back to this important time in my life. But I think that this project has run its course: I don‘t feel the need to publish this every week anymore. It‘s not like nothing changes or that there is nothing to report dog-wise, but it all comes down to the need to simplify and de-schedule my life. And I have episodes for the first six months, which seems like a good place to stop.

Seasons change. And this is how I feel about my microcasting: Right now I‘d much rather write than talk. Looking at my blog I mostly see noise that was produced hastily to satisfy a self-imposed schedule. I will let this stuff go, for now.

Going too late to sleep in absolute time.

Rhythms and exceptions.

Late to bed, but an exciting thing waiting for me on my free day means: Less sleep, because I can’t wait to play around with my new iPad. 😅

About being mindful and not doing meditation.

Waking up by alarm clock.

Managing distractions. Solving your own problems.

Trying out my new shortcuts based posting workflow, while the dog flips out.

Not a lot of training this week. Continuing to watch Zac George videos. Training is not a linear process. Walking a small day trail. Potty training has been going great lately.

We survived the sleep deprivation and went earlier to bed to make up for it.

I watched way too long TV last night. Uff.

A nice side effect of this experiment: Having a pretty solid evening routine.

Looking back, appreciating how my ideas around waking up early have changed throughout the experiment.

Down with the rain pipes!

I got my wish: no pees inside. Now I’m slightly sleep deprived.

Meeting badly handled dogs. Reactivity in dogs including our own. Nosework. Impulse training.

Sleeping through the night is great, however I‘d rather wake up in the middle of the night and take the dog out then find a pee stain in the freshly cleaned carpet next morning.

What is it about the weekend that makes me feel more rested?

Framing. Experience, Expertise and Perception of Others. Thinking out loud.

Looking forward to a long Saturday.

Not happy with my mornings.

Meditation is on hiatus.

The mash up episode pf the year. Trying to sleep and not being able to. I didn’t press a button. Failure as opportunity.

Why I need a task management app.