Painful Hands

"For the next month or so, I'm going to take a break from podcasting. My sleep schedule has become seriously disrupted, and I've also been dealing with pain in my hands and arms. Before I continue creating new episodes, I need to focus on my health, work with my doctor, and become more proficient with Voice Control and some other accessibility tools.  I have an appointment with my doctor the beginning of next week, and I look forward to zeroing in on solving some of the problems that have made it all but impossible for me to do a podcast now.
I have no intention of disappearing. In fact, I have more ideas than ever— I have several projects waiting in the wings. And I want to get to the point, where I can completely do an episode solely using voice control. But for the moment, the most creative thing I can do is take care of myself.

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For the next month or so, I'm going to take a break from podcasting. My sleep schedule has become seriously disruptive, and I've also been dealing with severe pain in my hands and arms. Before I continue creating new episodes, I need to focus on my health, work with my doctor, and become more proficient with voice control and some other accessibility tools. I have an appointment with my doctor the beginning of next week and I look forward to zeroing in on solving some of the problems that have made it all but impossible for me to do a regular podcast now. Having said that, I have no intention of disappearing. In fact, I have more ideas than ever. I have several projects waiting in the wings. And I want to get to the well, I I want to get to the point where uh I want to do completely do an episode solely using voice control. In fact, do all of the episodes just using voice control. I figure that would be a very good testament to voice control as well as rehabilitation. But for the moment, the most creative thing I can do is take care of myself. When I return, I want to return rested, healthy, and ready to do the work properly. Thank you for your patience and thank you for for listening. Now I know that I've often spoken about creativity, accessibility, and independence. Sometimes independence means uh recognizing that the body is sending a message and seriously listening to it. That's not quitting. That's making it possible to continue later. And there's another practical benefit. Once I've told you that I'm taking a month off, I no longer have to wake up every day thinking uh should I be recording today? Should I be writing today? Or should I take today off? Well, that decision has already been made. That can remove a surprising amount of stress. I also want to keep it short, or at least at first, uh perhaps five minutes or less. Completely unscripted, if that feels easier. Just me talking honestly to the audience. Some of the most memorable uh podcast episodes out there are exactly that. A real person speaking plainly about where they are and where they're headed next. I believe that sleep, pain management, and learning to master voice control need to come first so that the next chapter of this podcasting can happen. And I have some great podcast topics lined up. Thank you, and I hope to speak to you and start this podcast up again later in June of this year.