Taking a break from microcasting

May 29, 2022

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.

PuppyCast 026 🐶🎙

May 22, 2022

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.

PuppyCast 026 🐶🎙

May 16, 2022

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

PuppyCast 025 🐶🎙

May 7, 2022

Nosework
Pottytraining
Watching Dog Training Youtube Videos (Zac George)
My Partner is back in town
Positive Reinforcement and still feeling like the bad cop sometimes

PuppyCast 024 🐶🎙

May 2, 2022

Super late edition. Napu still has inflamed eyes. Napu and me are home alone until Friday. Nosework.

PuppyCast 023 🐶🎙

Apr 23, 2022

Short and sweet.

PuppyCast 022 🐶🎙

Apr 18, 2022

The dogpark, first Nosework class, potty training and training recall.

PuppyCast 021 🐶🎙

Apr 10, 2022

Special, extra unprepared edition! We finished up puppy school this week. Little progress on the potty training front. Little dog training in general. Longer walks. And a little more about anger (ego depletion).

I said I’ll try to keep it under 10 minutes , it ended up being about 15. Still better than 20+ minutes.

PuppyCast 020 🐶🎙

Apr 3, 2022

Napu‘s potty training is going well. Carpet shewing. Realities of being a dog owner. Not enough time to exercise at times. There are times when unwanted behaviors occur but training is not possible. (Still) Getting angry sometimes and how to think about that.

Apologies are in order: for the episode being late, its length and the wind noises. 🍃

PuppyCast 019 🐶🎙

Mar 27, 2022

Puppy school continues to be great. If at first you don’t succeed use bigger treats. 30 Day Perfect Pup by Zac George. Reactive dogs, training in different environments. Steps back in potty training.

Mar 26, 2022

PuppyCast has been postponed until tomorrow.

PuppyCast 018 🐶🎙

Mar 19, 2022

Puppy school Kuusamo, potty training, atomic habits, growing as a person in relationship to your dog.

PuppyCast 17 🐶🎙

Mar 5, 2022

Potty training trend positive. Training being calm when she can’t see me or my partner. A weird Ukraine part. A dog as a mirror. Sorry for this supersized episode!