I kicked some azz today work-wise. I’m caught up from getting behind earlier in the week. Feeling optimistic about hitting my “editing-complete” goal in a couple weeks.
I am teetering right now on the edge of breaking through and burn-out. Today started rough on the emotional scale, and for no particular reason, really, except…well, I don’t know. It was just one of those depression days, you know? The serotonin and endorphins were in short supply. At least it wasn’t crippling – I powered through, got more done in less time than I’d scheduled, and then laid down and took an un-timed nap.
I woke up, the Ho came home…and I was feeling better. Genuinely. I feel “normal” again. Ready to plow on forward.
For me, the worst thing depression and/or anxiety does to me is rob me of my energy. That always cuts me the deepest. I haven’t had one of those days in a really long time, I realize as I sit here in late April of 2017…that’s a great thing…but the days when depression or anxiety are at their worst for me, I just shut down. I can’t do anything, and nothing make me feel better, so they’re not even restful. Thankfully, blessedly, those days are rather few and far between (unless there is some external issue that’s affecting me).
So, man, even without the way I felt as my day began, today would have been a massive win…taking the overall mood into account and how much better I feel tonight, today was rather miraculous, really. I feel quite grateful for that.
I’m a handful of episodes away from finishing everything that we’ve recorded for TG1T to this point. Then that means I get to slide into phase 2, which is actually making the edits and pulling clips. I hope that takes me a week. THEN it’s a matter of mastering the episodes, which involves scrolling through for clipping distortion and adjusting volume for parts too loud, too soft, or unbalanced between Josh and I (which I’ll do on speakers instead of headphones). Then, the last phase is exporting everything out, running them through iTunes to add metadata like artwork and titles…and then it’s done. It’s all done.
That last phase I may not get to in two weeks, which is my cutoff point for giving this podcast my 100% attention-span…well…75% attention span. But, that’s okay. If I can get through phase 3, I’ll feel close enough to announce a release date for season 2 and have confidence that it will be easily met. And, the other hopeful upside will be that season 3 will also be ready to go, save for some promotional stuff like cutting together the teaser, and we can have that ready to go in not too much longer.
It’s past 11, so it’s time for the sleeps…but I’m happy with the progress I’ve made this week. Feeling productive, feeling focused. Dis is good.
Lastly, I do have to give the Ho some props and love – “Disjointed” released its first promo today, and Netflix made its official announcement for its release date: August 25th. So, set your internet reminders! That’s the date my love gets her fair share of the world’s screens. Finally. It’s so incredibly well-deserved. I’m so excited 🙂
https://youtu.be/TLBe9LiAvkU
Night!
Artwork is from Martin Parker