The content is great, but it sounds like you are using a voice compressor.

I’d also recommend editing out the throat-clearing noises, coughs, etc., if possible — that’s what editing is for ;)

Thanks for the podcast. I’m liking how this is shaping up!

Anyways, keep it up!

In swedish we actually have a word for the fulfillment sweetspot, “Lagom”. It means “not too much, not to litte”.

Otherwise, nice job. I look forward to hearing more.

Thanks for the baseball card nostalgia. As soon as you mentioned Gregg Jefferies, I immediately put my hands on my knees to recreate the pose on his famous Topps “Future Star” card. Oh, how I loved buying, sorting, re-sorting, looking up stats, and sorting some more. I think you’ve inspired me to dig up my card collection so I can sort a few cards for old times’ sake.

One suggestion is that there were a number of rough points (like when your throat went dry, you coughed, things like that). Since you’re apparently reading a script (and rightly so), perhaps you can make little mini-sections and record each one individually, then fuse them back together at the end. I would think that would make it easier to re-record if a small segment had a small problem, rather than deciding if this 1 cough means needing to record the WHOLE thing again.

I hope that was a helpful comment, I am trying to help you in your admirable quest for improvement. Best to you, Trent!

I’ve been very surprised recently at what a great investment my xbox360 has been. With PlayOn media server ($40 one-time license fee, you might try Tversity instead, which I believe is still free) and Windows Media Player or Windows Media Center Edition (again, a bit torrentable download) you can stream basically any TV you download, and Hulu and a plethora of other streaming services, right to your xbox, which has an HDMI connection to your television set. I don’t pay for anything but internet.

For instance, my wife and I both have found that we enjoy throwing dinner parties as well as eating out with friends. Neither of these are particularly cost effective (especially eating out), but we have steadily increased our spending on these activities and continue to realize increases in our enjoyment of them. Now, I am not saying that we will reach the place of marginal increasing returns (or even decreasing returns), but we have not yet gotten there — and we are increasing spending.

It seems that, rather than looking for ways to decrease spending on things you enjoy, you might look for ways to increase your awareness while performing those activities. Perhaps this will take more money. Perhaps it will take less. But the key seems to be increasing you ability to be *present* in the moments that you most enjoy. This is exactly what you found necessary to do with your coffee ‘habit.’

Just so you know, the track title is still tagged as “Podcast #1 – Credit Card Debt.”