I made my first recording. It was audio only, since I’m starting out incognito, and so long in the making, and for me a marathon length of talking (1 hr 18 minutes long), and because I was so closeted away, focused on the birthing of the content and not looking at all the different techniques and strategies, all I did was record it using the equipment I already had, so it’s probably got lots of roughness about it, but damn, I finally made the recording 😭. I’m so happy.

HEY ALL! Hope you had an amazing time celebrating the holidays 🎉 Now we’re stepping into a brand-new year, and this is usually the moment when most people tell themselves they’re going to “finally start a podcast.” Well the cool part is that you’re already doing it. And most of you are almost at the finish line. Tomorrow, we’ll pick the momentum back up together and work through any challenges standing in your way. Drop your questions below so we can come prepared and make this as helpful as possible for you. 🚀

My original plan was I didn't really want my headshot on the cover art and other stuff. I was gonna leave it as an octopus. And then some people showed up (totally "unrelated") and said people are going to fall in love with my face. So I guess I'm making a headshot now... And I actually need a headshot for three things. 1. I'm doing a workshop at Confluence. 2. This podcast cover art. 3. The Youtube thumbnails since I'm doing a lot of solo episodes anyway. I have my main "profile photo" one which I use for everything right now. I really like that one. And I even used it for my temporary cover art that I threw together. I'm attaching both of those. Then I've been taking a few more, both inside and outside. I have about 200 of those (in case you can't get enough of me). Here are a few. For outside, I live on the beach so I can go back out there and take more if needed. For inside, I have the softbox so I can mess with the lighting a lot. Let me know if you have more direction for either. My questions: 1. Is the profile photo good? I'm concerned that since the original is taken at a distance the cropped version is lower quality and may not work in some cases. 2. Are the windy hair ones gonna make the background removal wonky? Guessing for the headshots we don't need to remove the background but I know y'all do for the YT thumbnails. 3. Eyes are more closed when outside. An issue? And more generally, which one is the best??? Thanks!