Maiden Episode of the Caffeinated Podcast!

by Rachael E.C. Acklin on November 19, 2009 · 6 comments

in Audio, Nablopomo, Podcasts

I haven’t decided if that’s the real name of the podcast series, but for now that’s what you get. Because I said so!

Either click to listen, or right-click and “Save Link As” (or something like that) to download for your very own.

My Podcast: Episode One

Topics in Podcast One

Introduction:
A little about myself (whee!)

Then:
Some background on the name of my website and my tagline.

And Then:
How to make a great cup of coffee!

And Then:
How to keep up the energy in your small business (and in yourself)!

And Then:
Inspirational takeaway for today.

THE END.

Your turn!

Here is where you tell me that FRANKLY I SUCK and that I shouldn’t be DOING these things at all, and where I apologize to you for taking almost twenty minutes away from you that you will never ever ever get back.

Or, you know, you could say something else. Heh!

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Are You Having A Bad Day?

by Rachael E.C. Acklin on November 18, 2009 · 3 comments

in Nablopomo, Philosophical

Hello, my caffeinated lovelies! Well, perhaps you’re not caffeinated. But you’re still lovely.

Last weekend, I had a migraine pretty much the entire time. It was especially bad on Sunday. Nothing I did would make it go away – I tried all my usual tricks.

Plenty of water. Extra rest. Time away from the computer (didn’t even turn it on Sunday). No reading. Not much television. Eating bland food. Taking headache medicine. NOTHING WORKED.

I knew it was the sort of headache that wasn’t going to budge until it was ready, and I just had to wait it out. I HATE waiting things out. I would much rather be able to take over the situation and fix it.

Sometimes you can’t fix things. Sometimes you have to wait them out.

Often, our only choice is to be as patient, as wise, and as careful as we can be during a rough time. For whatever reason, we can’t actually do anything to make it all better.

All we really have control over at any given moment is the way we decide to BE in that situation.

We can be upset, angry, and whiny. We can be listless and depressed. Or we can do something better: we can recognize that the situation is bad, that we don’t like it, and that we just have to wait it out. It’s okay to be upset that the situation even exists. It’s okay to wish for something better.

But don’t assume you can’t learn something from continuing to be in the moment, where you are, right now. Just be here. No matter how painful, no matter how little control you have. Just be here.

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Holy Site Upgrades, Batman

November 17, 2009

WOW.
If you were here any of yesterday, I apologize. If you were here last night, I apologize.
It seems that my site’s previous MySQL database stopped talking to it (I don’t know if they had a fight or what, but somebody had an argument and somebody refused to speak to somebody else), so in the middle [...]

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Casting Call!

November 16, 2009

Now that I have some fantastic awesome topic ideas for my upcoming weekly podcast (which still needs a properly awesome name!), I would like to open up the comments for YOU, my faithful and awesome readers, to volunteer yourself to be a special guest!
Leave a comment telling me what you’d like to talk to me [...]

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Conflagration of Awesomeness

November 13, 2009

I just love that word, conflagration. THINGS ARE ON FIRE!* Whee!
What I want to ask you all in this post is what sort of thing would you like me to talk about in a podcast?
I now have podcast fever, due to being interviewed a grand total of ONCE (at Lookilulu, remember?), and would love to [...]

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Monday Confessional

November 9, 2009

Sometimes I don’t wash my face until it reminds me that it’s dirty. Like, my skin feels itchy and I suddenly realize OH DUH, IT FEELS LIKE THAT BECAUSE IT’S NOT CLEAN.
I don’t enjoy going out in public until I’m already out in public.
I hate answering my phone.
More than two cups of coffee usually gives [...]

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Augh My Wrist Hurts

November 8, 2009

I don’t have much energy to update because I’ve been WRITING ALL AFTERNOON at our awesome Red Hot Writers writein.
My wrist hurts! Because I wrote over 3300 words today. Booyah!
(I’m still behind, but I’m not NEARLY as behind as I was. Now back to my awesome writers.)
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Feel Free To Skip This Post

November 6, 2009

…because I am only writing this in order to keep up appearances that I am, in fact, writing on my blog (or another blog) every day in November.
CURSE YOU NATIONAL BLOG POSTING MONTH!!
Besides, I feel that I am coming down with something today. Or something is coming down on me. No, that sounds all wrong. [...]

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Brief Sunshine And Serious Grownup Planning

November 5, 2009

Today, I don’t have much to post about. It has been a nice sort of day – the sun was shining for a while, which is a BIG DEAL up here in the FROZEN TUNDRA of Michigan. Ha.
I have been thinking a lot about my business, and the general direction of my professional life; I [...]

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I'm On A Boat! I Mean A Podcast!

November 4, 2009

Jill at Lookilulu is FAST LIKE THE WIND, and has already put up the podcast we recorded last night!
You can either go here to download it: Podcasts at Lookilulu, or listen to it right here.
Lookilulu Podcast: Rachael Acklin
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