Drum roll please... Rhythms and Retrogrades is now on YouTube!
I want to make it clear. I want to do this more often!
I LOVE making this podcast!
I love doing the research, the timelines, the chart delineations, even the recording, and editing.
I want it to be more, but right now... My goal is to get one episode out per zodiac season and Cancer season is creeping towards a close. I do plan on recording this week. I have the Myspace era episode coming next which I'm excited about, but also wish I could find some of those old pics from those emo days. If I'm being honest, they are probably locked away behind an old Photobucket account.
What is strange to me? Time. I have Saturn in the first house, go figure.
Time, what a construct! As I'm scripting out my episode understanding this was over 20 years ago, I'm baffled at where the time went. Then, I look at my children and it begins to make more sense. It doesn't make it any easier to manage, maintain, or use to the best of my abilities when my world is filled with responsibilities, other people's lives, and my own 24 hours that I have to accomplish all of this and more.
Again, it's all a balancing act, and I find myself every morning genuinely excited to get online and research, plan the scripts, pull the charts and delineate.
Specifically, trying to stay off social media unless I'm working on engagement. This, too, is a balancing act.
Help! No one wants to get caught in a doom scroll, but we are all guilty of it. I even had a conversation with a close friend last year who has no social media, but is constantly keeping up with news on YouTube. Hate to break it to you, but even YouTube is its own social media site.
The goal is to bring people together by common interests on "separate devices" tailored specifically for the owner of the accounts and the devices. You got to keep them separated, but make it feel like they're still united because they still have things in common. Sharing common interests, common accounts you follow, but you do this privately, most of the time alone.
The more you use it. It uses you.
It tells you what to buy.
It tells you what to watch.
It suggests other things to watch based on what you've previously watched or what you've clicked on, even accidentally clicked on...Damn I didn't mean to click on T. Swift and it took me forever to remove her from my feed.
I just wish most people would wake up to the fact, that you can train your algorithm, not the other way around.
My best advice for someone who is working on a passion project via multiple devices. Limit your time. Stretch your legs. Get water and or food. Get outside for a little while if you can. Maybe find a spot outside where you can work and get some fresh air. I can work for hours on this thing, but is it good for my mental clarity, probably not.
Speaking of mental clarity, Mercury stations retrograde on July 17th in the sign of Leo. This is a good opportunity to tap into the energy of Leo which rules the heart. This is a time where we reflect on how we communicate, how we listen. Uranus just entered Gemini which is ruled by Mercury, so listen, because that is a big part of how we communicate and process. I believe if you really want to hear what the other person has to say, you will listen with your heart during this Mercury retrograde.
So, this is me signing off just as I would on the podcast.
Be sure to subscribe to the podcast and join me on this journey through the stars, the sound waves, and the mix tapes! See you next time! ♡ Sky