Welcome 2025
Season Two: Episode One: Welcome 2025
Photo by Sixteen Miles Out on Unsplash
Released: January 7, 2025
Transcript:
**Upbeat Music** Welcome to Hyperfixing with Cate. I’m your host, Cate North. Join me today as we dive into yet another amazing hyperfixation. **Upbeat Music**
Hello and welcome to 2025, I'm your host Cate North.
Where does one even begin with the new year, this specific new year, catching up on something you started well over a year ago, have been obsessing about since then and yet still have not spent any time on it? I really don't even know.
Let's start with a story, a backstory perhaps? Once upon a time in the far off land of 2023 there was a young, well younger than now, lady. This young lady just so happened to live in the land of delusion. And in this land she found herself confronted by a stranger and this stranger issued a challenge. As a resident of the land of delusion, she accepted this challenge without a thought as to the trials this challenge would force her to face. She assumed that with absolutely no preparation, no plan and no previous indication of having the necessary skills to succeed she ventured forth and was almost immediately knocked off her feet. So after a year of fighting to gain traction, of being completely covered in mud she has fought her way back to her original location of delusion. Her challenge unsuccessful, unfulfilled, her skills, preparation and planning wildly unchanged, she finds herself still determined to beat this challenge. To face it head on, truly believing that some way, somehow she will get different results this time. I'm pretty sure that most people would consider this the definition of insanity but for some reason she's decided it's the definition of perseverance. So, please, join me as we continue to see how this story goes, to see if the story does in fact continue on and receive different results because only time will tell.
So, yeah, basically I was feeling very motivated in 2023, I was part of a seminar that's purpose was to motivate you and help you make SMART goals. (You know, specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time bound, fyi). The problem is I didn't take into consideration my life or I suppose the achievable portion of the goals. Alright I'm backing up a bit more and am going to be all over the place for a minute so hopefully you can follow along. One of my goals in life, well my adult life, has been to find/create a community of like minded individuals. This has taken on many different forms based on my interests at the time and energy levels. In 2023 this form was a podcast. Now, like any good learner I researched what you needed to do to be successful as a podcaster. The problem was this became overwhelming, I felt the need for perfection, I didn't take into consideration my needs and interests and probably most importantly I didn't take into consideration the learning curve. So this became this all encompassing source of anxiety, stress and overall not as much fun as I had hoped. Then when you take into consideration my life, I was starting a new job, I have a family to take care of, I have undiagnosed ADHD and have no tools in my belt, I pretty much set myself up for failure. I did a few episodes, had a lot of fun, realized how much work it involved, had a million ideas, tripped over a speed bump and threw my head in the sand and kind of made up a lot of excuses and gave up. Well, maybe giving up is the wrong words. I thought about it constantly, had ideas, guilt, shame but also lacked time, dedication, motivation and on and on. So here's the thing. I really want to do this. So this year I'm trying again. I'm going against all the advice for success and aiming for action of any kind. This year I'm allowing room for growth, hiccups, failure, learning, enjoyment, the process, finding what speaks to me rather than what I think my (basically non existent) listeners and or podcast police want and say I should do.
So this year I'm embracing chaos, incohesive thoughts and executions, learning curves, tangents, inconsistency, pinball thoughts and basically just me. Because in reality, right now there's no one listening, there may or may not ever be anyone listening and my real goal is to have fun. Plus years from now when I'm super successful won't this be funny and painfully embarrassing to look back on. Time is going to pass either way and I can't wait to see what happens!
What kind of crazy antics do I suspect and hope will come out of this as I start this journey? Gratitude, learning about well everything, telling my story and hopefully eventually others stories, understanding and acceptance and maybe someday a community of like minded chaos… insert something clever here beings, Google suggested Anansi I was thinking either gremlins, hobbits, creatures, just something fun and bizarre but nowadays words are escaping me and I can't remember what I was trying to think of and say.
Goblins! Goblins! I, I think I was trying to think of the word goblins. My brain is mush. So, as I’m recording this I’m beginning to think this just may end up being a digital journal. Which feels like it’ll be kind of boring but I mean my brain goes all over the place so it might be a fun and interesting ride. It will have its ups, downs, twists, turns, wrong directions and so on.
So, with that being said, I hope that you will join or rejoin me as I discover how to host a podcast and how to articulate thoughts in a clear, precise and possibly entertaining way.
Happiest of New years to you. Insert a catchy catch phrase here? Again we’ll, we'll work on that, uh, as time goes on.
Love you, love me and remember, I yam what I yam and that's all that I yam and that's good enough for me.
**Upbeat Music** Thank you for joining me today on Hyperfixing with Cate. I hope to see you again next week where we explore the delectable world of yet another hyperfixation. If you enjoyed today’s show I would love it if you subscribed to the podcast. Don’t forget to check out the links and resources in the show notes. Today’s music was brought to you by Sound Gallery by Dimitri Taras. And until next time don’t forget to keep your heart and mind open. **Upbeat Music**