🎙️ Episode 10

Title: “Nothing’s Wrong, But Also Everything’s… Meh”

Tagline: When you’re tired, foggy, post-dentist, and stuck in a vibe called “Ugh.”

🎵 [imaginary intro music: soft hum, a yawn, the gentle rattle of a half-empty pill organizer]

Hi. I’m Angela. Queen of Focus-ish.

And today’s episode?

Not a productivity moment.

Not a breakthrough.

This one’s about the foggy middle.

The space between “doing” and “napping,”

Between “I have so many ideas” and “what’s the point?”

Between post-dentist exhaustion and existential ‘meh.’

You ever have those days?

Where technically nothing is wrong…

But your brain is full of cotton and your heart is, like, soggy toast?

Yeah. That’s where I am.

🛋️ The Soft Couch Spiral

I had errands. I had appointments. I had intentions.

But now I’m on the couch.

Mentally listing things I could do.

Emotionally rejecting all of them.

So I made a little list of what I can do from this exact state:

• Breathe and stare at the ceiling
  
  
• Record a podcast with a blanket on my head
  
  
• Tell the squirrels to shush
  
  
• Cry a little, if that feels good
  
  
• Whisper “tomorrow counts too”
  
  

🧠 This is Still Part of the Spiral

I used to think being unfocused meant I was failing.

Now I know: it just means I’m… human.

Hormonal. Tired. Processing.

This isn’t off track.

It’s part of the spiral.

It’s the rest stop on the way to something else.

And just because I’m not jazzed up and label-making doesn’t mean I’m not doing something real right now.

🎯 Today’s Tiny Win

I didn’t skip this feeling.

I made it into an episode.

I turned “meh” into magic.

Maybe not glittery magic.

More like… cozy sock, heating pad, “I’m still here” magic.

🎵 [squirrel whispering “nap nap nap”]

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Next episode: I label my vitamins and accidentally find a new belief system.

You never know.

Until then —

Take your meds.

Lie down if you need to.

And know that even in the “meh,”

You are still magnificent.

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🎙️ Episode 9

I Tried to Sort My Craft Supplies… and Accidentally Started a Business
Glue guns, glitter, and the moment I realized I needed a podcast….

🎵 [Imaginary Intro music: xylophone + label maker clicks + squirrel chatter + faint startup chime]

Hi. I’m Angela. Queen of Focus-ish.
And let me tell you about the time…
I tried to sort my craft supplies
and accidentally created this entire podcast.

✂️ It started with a label.

Just one.
A sweet little label that said:

“Glitter (All Types)”

And suddenly I was pulling out every bin, basket, tote, drawer, and mystery shoebox I had ever lovingly shoved art supplies into.

• Beads that weren’t even mine from my hubby’s ex that I should donate to someone who wants them
  
  
• Raw Wool from Cody’s Waldorf School that I saved in case one day I would read the instructions printed on a carbon copier
  
  
• Ribbon scraps from gifts I saved to regift on a present one day
  
  
• And enough clear packaging tape to get me through any forseeable tape issue
  
  

The deeper I went, the more intense it got.
Because this wasn’t just a cleaning spiral.
This was a creative inventory meltdown.

🧠 And then it hit me.

There was a moment.
A glorious, chaotic moment, where I was sitting on the floor, covered in felt triangles, holding a glue gun in one hand and a tiny pom-pom in the other, when I heard myself say out loud:

“Honestly… someone should start a podcast about this.”

And then I froze.
Because I realized…

“WAIT. I’M SOMEONE.”

💡 The ADHD Flashpoint

Suddenly my brain lit up like a craft store fire sale.

I started scribbling:

• Episode titles
  
  
• Jokes
  
  
• Character voices (Snacky, I see you)
  
  
• A whole squirrel-themed emotional support universe
  
  
• A tagline: Chaos. Closets. Closures.
  
  

And then I asked the most dangerous question an ADHD person with a Cricut machine can ask:

“Should I make this official?”

Flash-forward two hours:
I’m registering a domain.
I'm sketching out logos on the back of an expired Michaels coupon.
I’m halfway into writing a 3-season arc and wondering if I need merch.

Do I need an LLC?
Yes. Probably.
Do I know what I’m doing?
No. But I do have a Canva account and three kinds of glitter paper.

🎨 The Breakthrough

I thought I was organizing my supplies.
But what I was really doing?
Was sorting through dreams I’d put on pause.

This podcast was never just a project.
It was a permission slip.
A way to turn my spirals into stories.
And my doom piles… into punchlines.

🎵 [Soft music swells: upbeat, quirky, slightly triumphant]

So if you're sitting in a sea of yarn and googly eyes…
If you’ve ever started cleaning and ended up building a brand…

You’re in the right place.

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Next episode: We plan for the new season called Swag Spirals where we dig through endless boxes of burner swag one pendant at a time.

Until then:
Dream out loud.
Label the glitter.
And if inspiration strikes mid-sort… register the domain before your brain forgets.

🐿️✨
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🎙️ Episode 8

Title: “Do Four Guitars Make Me a Musician or Just Sentimental?”

The ADHD art spiral, brought to you by keyboards and one tiny violin.

🎵 [Imaginary intro music: Ukulele strum → record scratch → grand piano flourish → squirrel squeak → whimsical music box fade-out]

Hi. I’m Angela. Queen of Focus-ish.

And I have… a confession.

I currently own:

• 4 guitars
• 2 ukuleles
• 1 baby violin
• 5 keyboards
  (collected from friends, family, and possibly a neighborhood yard sale where I blacked out emotionally and woke up with a Yamaha under my arm)

Now before you judge me — know this:
I am not a minimalist.
I am an emotional curator.
I don’t collect clutter.
I collect versions of myself I’m not ready to let go of.

🎤 Every Instrument Is a Portal

• One guitar was from my friend Bobby when he passed. This guitar was the closest thing to actualize my singer songwriter career during my brief stint in Franklin Tennessee.
• One tiny guitar was for bonding with Cody, who strummed one C chord and promptly wandered off to play Minecraft instead of learning Suzuki Method.
• The baby violin? Oh, that was aspirational energy. Inspired by a Pixar movie and three YouTube tutorials of kids who could play concertos by 5.
• And the keyboards? I swear they just… appear. Like piano cats. Needy. Slightly dusty. Occasionally majestic.

They’re not just stuff.
They’re soundtracks to versions of me I miss:

• 🎤 The artist
• 🥁 The brave one
• 🎧 The one who believed music could fix everything (and honestly… maybe it still can)
  
  

🎶 The Music Spiral

One morning, I decided to “tidy up.”
Just move things around. Reclaim space. Vacuum up some glitter.

Instead, I pulled them all out — every instrument.
I laid them across the room like a music museum curated by a very distracted squirrel.
Then I sat in the middle of it all, holding a sparkly guitar pick, crying to a playlist titled:

“Who Even Am I Right Now”

Because in that moment, surrounded by strings and potential…
I remembered I don’t just own music.
I carry it.

Even if I haven’t played in a while.
Even if my guitar is dusty.
Even if I only know four chords and they’re all moody.

🧠 The Real Breakthrough

I don’t need to master all of them.
I don’t need to form a one-woman ADHD folk band.
I just need to remember:

I am still the kind of person who keeps instruments in the house…
just in case a feeling needs a sound.

I made a little shelf for my ukuleles.
I gently dusted the keyboards.
I gave the violin a nod like, “Not today, friend. But someday.”

And that was enough.

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Next episode: I try to sort my craft supplies… and end up applying for an LLC.

Until then:

• Play something
• Even if it’s one note
• Even if you’re rusty
• Even if your squirrel squad covers their ears in tiny headphones
  
  

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