I’m sick today. Though I’ve been sick for a while now I think. Today I am sick in a physical sense though my other sicknesses may result from the very thing that allows me to write this blog.
For a while now I’ve been chasing something that I can’t seem to get a clear vision of. It could be fame or money but I’m not really interested in either. I think it’s rather recognition. But then isn’t everyone interested in being recognised for the work they do?
I feel like I’m missing something in this blog and I think a recent editing job I did may have put it into perspective for me. David Lawrence gave a great talk at the latest Portable Media Expo about finding your natural voice.
More than any coaching on the actual sound of your voice, he stressed the need to strip away any artifice surrounding what you say. To that end, he encouraged that any podcaster (or blogger for that matter) speak or write to their audience assuming that what they are interested in is what you are interested in. Seems simple but it’s taken me some time to realize that.
Long story short; I am still trying to figure out what to write but from now on, recognition or not, I’m writing about what I want, not what I think YOU might want. Although, I hope YOU like it 
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