Mandaris

Good morning, good evening, good afternoon.

This is my little micro-podcast and I have a couple things I want to talk about.

First and foremost, I want to talk about restarting, since I’m restarting this podcast yet again.

Well, when it comes to restarting, it’s OK, because for the most part, the only person who knows I’m restarting is you, the listener right now, and myself.

When you do a restart, I feel that it’s good in a lot of ways, because when you do a restart, you implicitly need to reflect on what you’re doing.

In this particular case, I was not doing anything with the podcast here.

I had a lot of plans and ideas of what I wanted to do, but I wasn’t really making a lot of traction.

With this restart, I’m hoping to get some more flow in how I make these podcasts and just continue doing them.

Secondly, I want to talk a little bit about what’s going on in my life.

I’ve got a couple friends who are having some difficulty with just different things in their lives.

And I had to talk to a couple of them about what’s going on with them and how it affects me.

And I don’t want to seem selfish or anything like that, but sometimes you have to be selfish in order to help those who are important to you.

In one case, I have a friend who needs some help.

And they would say things that, you know, if it was taken out of context, it could come off as kind of manipulative.

They weren’t trying to do it, but in a lot of ways, when someone’s asking for help, you probably should do the best you can with them.

But sometimes you can’t, and it doesn’t make you a bad person when you can’t help your friends.

It sometimes is a good thing because it’s one thing to be nice, and it’s another thing to be kind.

And what I found myself doing was I was trying to be nice with my friend.

And instead, I wasn’t being kind because I wasn’t giving them the opportunity to develop in that way to help themselves.

So with that being said, I had to really have a sit down with them and try to explain where I was coming from and where they are currently at.

So it’s going to be one of those things that’s going to be ongoing.

But I’m hoping that we’ll look back at this moment and we’ll see that this was really for the best.

Nothing too serious, but it’s one of those things.

On a lighter note, I am really, really frustrated with some of my neighbors.

For those who don’t know, I have a dog, and my dog is roughly about 60 pounds.

And I take my dog for a walk, and as a responsible dog owner, I do pick up after my dog.

Not everyone does this.

And in fact, sometimes I pick up after other people’s dogs.

And my wife says I should not do that at all.

But this is my community.

This is where I live.

And I should have some pride in the fact that I live in a community where it’s not covered in the droppings of dogs.

So I pick up a little bit here and there.

If I see some poop next to my dog’s poop, I’ll put it in the same bag.

Which honestly, that’s a tangent about the whole dog bag situation.

These bags of poop that are going to be there until the end of time.

But I digress.

I pick up the dog poop.

And sometimes I’ll talk to other dog owners, and they will say the weirdest things.

For example, they’ll say, oh, well, you know, it’ll disappear into the grass.

And it’s biodegradable.

But listen, for something to biodegrade, it takes time.

It’s not going to happen overnight.

It doesn’t just magically disappear.

Someone else is picking that up.

That someone else is me.

Or someone else who lives in the community.

But they are not in charge of cleaning up after your dog.

You are.

It’s the unsigned contract that you will take care of your dog.

And this is you taking care of your dog.

So please, please, please, if you’re a dog owner, clean up after your dog.

It makes just the whole world a little bit better.

And that’s what we need in this world.

Everyone to just do their part.

And maybe just do a little extra, if you can.

Last but not least, there is lots and lots of media online.

I have stopped asking people if they had seen something specific.

Because I was getting overwhelmed with just the amount of things that are popping up.

There are shows I’m not even going to mention because you might be in the same situation.

But I am enjoying so many things.

And it’s a wonderful time to be alive if you are into TV.

So if you have a show that you are watching, please enjoy it.

Live it up.

Enjoy.

And I hope this podcast finds you well.

Until next time.

See ya.

Bye.