Returning to Your Maker Roots
summary
A podcast called Reconsidering is launched during the pandemic as a side project to reconnect to making and combat a midlife identity dip; the team prototyped five interviews then threw out six months of work to find a format. Production requires writing, editing, feedback loops and a recurring Wednesday meeting that provides accountability. Episodes feature guests (Bill Burnett, Catherine May, others) and surface repeatable claims: diversified projects protect identity, play fuels curiosity, and getting started—momentum—often beats waiting to feel ready.
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chapters (19)
- 0:00Conference opening
- 0:28Career passion gap
- 3:16Pandemic pause priorities
- 4:39Rediscovering what lights you up
- 6:45Deep over shallow connections
- 8:09Space for discovery
- 9:13Starting Reconsidering podcast
- 13:28Joy of making
- 15:55Creative and professional merge
- 16:36Mailchimp identity crisis
- 18:59Side project accountability
- 21:07Ancient struggles modern questions
- 23:54Pushing back work demands
- 25:20Myth of productivity
- 27:05Happiness through gratitude
- 27:49Advice from younger self
- 30:18Uncomfortable expansion
- 31:42Hero of your life
- 33:06Pandemic pause privilege
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