A Lesson Learned... hopefully

Do you ever have one of those lurking premonitions that you ignore and then kick yourself later for ignoring? One of those that makes you think afterwards, ‘If only I’d listened. It’s my own (please insert preferred expletive) fault. I should have listened!’

Truth is, that’s exactly what happened to me last week.

As you may be aware, that was when I’d just completed my very first podcast interview. The topic itself was an insightful and important one, and something most (if not all) new sitters are eager to find the answer to.

So I was delighted when Suzanne agreed to discuss it with me. She was full of relevant information and had an honest answer to all my questions. The setting for the interview worked well, although a little warm (it was 38 degrees outside), but there were no rowdy neighbours, no low flying helicopters and no energetically barking dogs nearby… So why didn’t the interview come out quite as smoothly as I’d have liked?

‘This is where I realise I forgot to turn my mic on,’ I said as I turned Suzanne’s off. And there you go, that’s exactly what had happened. I wasn’t even able to blame the computer for playing up - there were no glitches or software hiccups! The only possible cause was that I’d forgotten to press the bright red (perfectly visible) button on my monitor. How frustrating is that… the lack of a complete recording was bad enough, but having to accept the blame as well… and on such a sought after topic too.

Still, there was an obvious lesson to be learned while spending hours piecing together all the retrieved audio into a decent podcast. Because, let’s face it, can you imagine all the teasing that would go on if I forgot to press the bright red button a second time? Ugh! No, thank you! From now on I’ll always double, if not triple, check the microphone is on… I hope.

And, as to the other important house-sitting insights to be gained from the podcast, (you know, the actual topic) they’re all clearly audible and available to everyone, just click here to listen.