I am still getting ready to start my podcast. I decided a year ago to start. Then the pandemic hit and mine, like everyone else’s world, was turned upside down, from learning to work from home to not seeing my family and friends. About the time I was adjusting to the new world, depression set in and I could not find a balance. I’ve been depressed before. It can be debilitating or it can just derail me. I was happy to be home more, but not happy that I had to be home. Not being able to go out and just have fun was and still is very hard.

The old year ended and still I did not start the podcast. This made me more depressed. There is some fear, fear of not knowing what the hell I am doing. That’s not new. I’m always doing things that I have never done before. I now wear socks that I made. That’s right, I can knit! One the scale of beginner, intermediate, expert, I am definitely a beginner. But are you wearing socks you made? It is a fun new hobby. It is relaxing and probably that’s why I am not wearing a sweater that I made. It takes a lot of yarn to make a sweater. I think the average cost will be about $100 per sweater. I will totally look like a girl with very expensive tastes, huh?

So the fear of doing something new is just what you get when you decide that you are going to do something new. That is not a problem, just a process. I am still learning. I have found that my headset is dead. First it fell apart, then it quit working. I spend my last zoom meeting holding on to the cord at the jack and spinning it around and around to try to keep a connection. Wow. So there is still some equipment that I need. This blog is being written from my new computer. That was one goal I accomplished during all the sitting around at home. I have tried very hard not do to my work work on this one so that I have lots of memory to download whatever I need to download to record, edit, and launch my podcast.

Now I have to start looking at costs. How much does it really cost to host a podcast? I don’t have a clue. I turned 59 a week ago. I am still an old lady trying to learn all about the new digital world. Trust me, learning to knit was much more my speed. I picked a podcast name, developed my avatar, bought a new computer, a microphone, and a baby mixer board, still so much to learn and do. Baby steps I keep telling myself. I haven’t heard anything like what I want to do. I have no fear there. But what I am going to podcast about isn’t new so it’s not like I have to reinvent the wheel or anything. I’m not looking at monetizing, nor am I looking for a national listening audience. I just like to talk and oh look, here is a whole venue made just for people like me, talkers. If you want to listen, cool!