So We Don’t Get Fined Edition

Picture this: you're sitting in a bustling airport, surrounded by the chaotic symphony of travelers. That's where I found myself, microphone in hand, determined to record an episode of Uploaded and Unfiltered without a care for who might be watching. Life threw a curveball with a technical hiccup, but I was not about to let that derail my 76-episode streak. Join me, Jermaine, as I recount how an improvised recording session led to a heartfelt conversation with my sister about her crochet creations, and the realization that sometimes, the best moments are the ones we least expect.

Transcript

Speaker 1 0:02

Welcome , welcome back to another episode of Uploaded and Unfiltered . I'm your host , jermaine , and today I am going to be giving you a tale of perseverance and sticking to your guns and not letting shitty situations keep you from accomplishing what you want to accomplish . I know that all sounds cryptic , but I promise you stick with me . I'm going to give you a story in less than 10 minutes about everything that I've experienced over the last , let's say , 24 to 48 hours . It's probably not that long , I just feel like putting a time frame on it . Anyways , I hope everybody's having a great holiday season .

Speaker 1 0:46

It is December 24th , two 53 in the morning , and this podcast is still going to go up , mostly because that streak that I have I believe it's 76 or 77 episodes in a row was dangerously close to being canceled or dropped or reset because , well , let me give you a little backstory . So on the 23rd I was due to go to the airport so I can get this holiday trip season started . I definitely put off recording a podcast up until that point because I was like you know what I think it would be dope to record a podcast in the airport , in a public space , not give a fuck what anybody thinks . Definitely , just have my mic out and just speak into the microphone . You get a little ambient noises and a different perspective from me , because I was in a location that I quite literally never been before . I think that was the first , maybe second time I've been in the Charlotte airport . Regardless , I found a nice spot , second floor . I was overlooking where everybody was sitting to board planes , so I had a nice view to just spy on people and just see people interact with one another without knowing they're being watched . I know that sounds crazy and kind of creepy , but it was wholesome and awesome . So fuck what you think . But seeing people interact without them knowing they are being watched . Like we do different things . Some of us are extra nice . Some of us don't hide how much of a dick we are like when we think we're not being watched . We act differently and that's just a something for you to keep in the back of your head . Just pretend like someone's watching you all the time , or just act authentically and that it won't matter if somebody's watching or not . You're being you . I'm just dropping gems left and right . Y'all take these when you can . Anyway , I suppose I did record a podcast . It's awesome . I think I haven't listened to it yet because it's stuck on the receiver of my microphone system because it turns out you need a special piece of software to download that software , download that file from the device to put it anywhere else , and unfortunately my iPod , my iPad , which , as expensive as it is , does not allow you to install regular Mac programs . That is a foresight on Apple's behalf and I hope they rectify that shit with a quickness . Until then , I'm going ahead and record this next episode and final podcast .

Speaker 1 3:28

For the Christmas Eve I was going back . Me and my sister have been on the couch for I think we got here at 10 . And we've just been talking about random stuff . She's currently making , I believe , my dad a hat out of crochet , and even that there was a point in time where I was like , man , I want to crochet shit . She actually did it and , holy crap , there's so many custom pieces of crochet here . I love it . I was gonna make her do the podcast today , but , um , we'll wait , oh , we'll wait until I have the right setup and we have cameras , and then I'm gonna make her do it . It's gonna be awesome anyways .

Speaker 1 4:07

Um , so instead of letting my streak lapse , I could have easily did it . I was , I was prepared to . I'm not even gonna hold you . I was just sitting here . I mentioned I was like I should make a podcast episode , but I was fully prepared to just be like you know what . We had a good run , but fuck that we're keeping that streak for as long as like .

Speaker 1 4:28

There's no reason for me to not record this right now . I'm not asleep , I have a microphone , I have the internet . It would have been a huge uh downfall on my part if I just let the shit collapse like that . Not that it would collapse and everything would have burned to the ground . It would have been the last episode of the podcast ever . That's how sometimes our brains like to think about things when we are trying to accomplish something that we really want to accomplish . But maybe we missed a mark . We tend to uh , or I tend to beat myself up way more than I have to . Everything is good . We made the episode . We're here .

Speaker 1 5:07

The episode that is locked into this the receiver of my microphone system , hopefully is awesome . It felt good as I was saying it . There were people walking around me and like there was an older gentleman that stopped who noticed my microphone and two years ago I would have been like , hey , man , I'm busy , I don't want . I probably would have just ignored him , pretend like he wasn't there . But being in the um , being wanting to be more mindful of my surroundings , I wanted to reach out to people and like , show some kindness . I actually just answered those questions and it was awesome , like nothing detrimental happened . I got to talk about something that I enjoy and I potentially sold this microphone system to somebody who seems like he could use it and get some benefits from it . So , yeah , other than that , I am looking forward to spending time with the family .

Speaker 1 6:13

Christmas Day usually is always awesome . Gift-wise , I don't give a fuck about gifts . I definitely bought the family different things to just see their actions . It's not so much a hey , this is a token of my gratitude gratitude or this is me showing you I love you , like I love you regardless . This is just . We get to have fun and do silly shit on christmas , so here's a random gift for you to open um . Definitely in the future , when that's that steady income is incoming , way more than our current bills , there will be random gift days that I will just randomly show up like , hey , I thought you needed a drone , so here's a drone . Somebody's gonna love that shit . Not everybody like I'm sure my mom doesn't want a drone , but she's gonna end up with one , regardless , uh . But other than that , I uh , yeah , I can .

Speaker 1 7:09

I'm looking forward to hanging out with the family . I'm not looking forward to driving back to Charlotte cause we got an eight hour trip ahead of us , but other than that , I think we're . I'm going to wrap this , motherfucker . Right now it's seven , 23 . I don't want to overdo it . I just wanted to leave y'all with one thing that we'll bring up next week , that I want y'all to attempt to do , and that is in regards to consistency .

Speaker 1 7:38

I've been thinking a lot about consistency lately how to become consistent , why to be consistent , what's the benefits ? Like ? Is there any detriment to becoming consistent ? I don't know . Maybe you lose some time , but you're gaining whatever . You any detriment to becoming consistent ? I don't know . Maybe you lose some time , but you're gaining whatever you're trying to be consistent in . Yeah , but regardless . For the next week until we go into the new year , I want you to think about one thing that you want to be consistent with in 2025 .

Speaker 1 8:09

Consistency doesn't mean you need to do something daily . It doesn't mean you need to do something . Weekly Consistency means that you are picking a time frame in which to do that thing and you make sure that thing gets done , taking a timeframe in which to do that thing and you make sure that thing gets done , like I said . Well , it's probably on the episode . It's got deleted .

Speaker 1 8:28

When I started this podcast I definitely I said I had a goal of once a week for at least a year . That was a goal Like the park the . The idea for the podcast was interview other creators , but the goal in the like nothing can come in between this was one a week for a year and I had made sure I know , if I did that , that the rest of it would be smooth sailing . Because one again , when I used to run five K's , I told myself I'm doing one in five K for a year because I know after that year it's going to be hard for me to be to justify quitting or justify missing a day , cause if you get how many , what's that ? I can't even do math right now 50 , 52 .

Speaker 1 9:18

Yeah , 52 weeks in a year the one carried for 52 episodes , it's hard . Weeks in a year the one carried four , 52 episodes . It's hard to stop doing shit . When you got that many in the chamber . It's hard to tell yourself , hey , I'm not running anymore when you ran once a month , every month for 12 months . So figure out what you want to be consistent with . So figure out what you want to be consistent with , figure out the time frame and the frequency in which you want to be consistent and then set yourself a little time frame six months , maybe a year and don't deviate from that shit . I promise you at the end of it , as long as you're going through it , enjoying the process , and as long as you have some type of even simple , rudimentary routine laid out at the end of that little task like it will be hard for you to stop doing what you're doing , especially if it's something you enjoy . All right , I think I'm done . I'm gonna go put some pajamas on and , uh , play freeze tag outside . Oh wait , it's not hot , it's cold here . It's not . I'm done . There was a bunch of I'm rambling .

Speaker 1 10:38

Now , anyways , if you haven't already , go ahead and subscribe to the podcast , uploaded and unfiltered . We come out every tuesday at 10 am and we haven't missed one yet , including this one , as soon as I edit it . Other than that , I appreciate y'all for listening . If you know any other podcasts , if you , if you know any other creators or anyone for that matter who can benefit from conversations like these , please share the podcast with them , upload it and unfiltered again every Tuesday , 10 am . Other than that , I will talk to you later . Appreciate you and , as always , protect your mental , keep creating content and I'll see you in the next one . Peace .