I've been giving more attention to Revolt lately. It's still early in spinning up an self-hosted instance but, it does check many of the boxes for a Discord like experience but more open sourced.

How much I spend on the internet depends on if I am working that day. I can be on the computer all day if it's my day off. If I have to work, I'm online maybe an hour or two at most.

I know some people that listen to audiobooks because they drive a lot for their job. So, it some ways it's the only way they can "read" or that's how they read a lot of the time.

U2 is a good band, I hear them on the radio once in a while when I'm driving to and from work.

I get my chores done and out of the way as quickly as possible. I will usually do them when I get off work so that I can relax on my days off and not have anything hanging over my head.

I've changed jobs a year and a half ago. I was at my last job for 15 and a half years. There were quite a few people that were surprised when I left my previous company because I had been with them for so long.

I can't say that I learned anything new recently. Not that I can think of. I wouldn't mind learning a new language but I haven't found the motivation to do so.

@1stop said in What is one skill you would like to learn or improve in the future?: I very much want to get into public speaking. Being an introvert by nature, I usually find it hard to put myself out there in groups and express my thoughts or opinions. I was painfully shy as a kid and had a hard time when talking to one on one to people much less get up in front of a crowd. When I got to high school, it got a little easier. By that time, I was forced to get up in front of a crowd and give speeches so that kinda helped me to get over the shyness a little bit. I still don't like getting up in front of a crowd, I'll admit, but if I have enough time to prepare myself for the occasion and have all my facts straight then I make it a little less uncomfortable.

I figured it would but I figured it would be ages before it came around and started making an impact on our lives.

I don't even know what NaNoWriMo is. But....some places just shut down because they make a bad choice (or they've made several bad choices) that resulted in loss of business. Once business is lost, it is hard to get it back.

I can listen to just about anything but Country. That's the one thing that I don't listen to.

I think that's what's going on. They put so much pressure on standardized tests and whatnot that they forget that there are more important things. Like helping students learn something important that could help them on later in life.

When I'm writing articles for my own blog, it's my own voice when I'm writing articles. I'm writing about something I deeply enjoy and I have enjoyed for a long time.

I've thought about having a podcast as well but I don't know how to get started.

@JoshB said in Create your podcast?: A podcast doesn't have to be this one hour or longer production. It can be a simple audio recording of whatever length of your thoughts or ideas that can be put up on to YouTube or Spotify. I've thought about reading some of my own writings through a Podcast. Maybe once a week or once a month I could read something from my work.

@1stop said in When Do You Look For Help: Bringing in talent is not only removing the workload from my shoulders but also getting new perspectives and a way to learn more which will bring in more opportunities. When I feel stuck that's when I know it's time to bring in a new set of eyes. This! This is a big part of it. It's always nice having a second set of eyes.....especially if you feel stuck.