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06 November 2023
Bad News & Good News | An Update From Kyrin
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1 00:00:00,290 --> 00:00:02,669 Kyrin D: Welcome Mere Mortalites it is just Kyrin here today 2 00:00:02,669 --> 00:00:06,756 recording on the 6th of November 2023. 3 00:00:06,839 --> 00:00:10,926 And I'm coming in with a relatively short episode 4 00:00:08,800 --> 00:00:12,429 of some news updates and I suppose just a reminder 5 00:00:12,429 --> 00:00:16,850 at the end as well. So no one today 6 00:00:14,221 --> 00:00:17,559 and you'll notice, okay, it's a monday. 7 00:00:17,559 --> 00:00:21,521 This is typically where we will have a full memorials 8 00:00:18,934 --> 00:00:23,856 episode released, perhaps a meanderings, 9 00:00:21,521 --> 00:00:25,358 perhaps a conversation, perhaps something different. 10 00:00:25,358 --> 00:00:28,570 And I just wanted to come in with some bad news 11 00:00:28,570 --> 00:00:29,778 at the moment, which is unfortunately, 12 00:00:29,778 --> 00:00:32,740 we'll probably be going back to just one a week for 13 00:00:32,740 --> 00:00:37,996 the foreseeable future. Probably the next two 14 00:00:34,116 --> 00:00:39,496 months is what I imagine if you're hearing some 15 00:00:39,496 --> 00:00:43,125 noise, that's the start to pull down outside here 16 00:00:40,957 --> 00:00:45,503 and in Brisbane, which is kind of reflecting my own 17 00:00:45,503 --> 00:00:49,215 reason for for why we're just reducing down. 18 00:00:49,298 --> 00:00:52,886 I've been talking a lot with one of our band, 19 00:00:52,926 --> 00:00:55,012 just about life in general, how he's going 20 00:00:55,012 --> 00:00:59,893 and he is going through an extremely busy time, 21 00:00:56,139 --> 00:01:00,851 so he's got a newborn baby just moved house 22 00:01:00,851 --> 00:01:03,604 and with the moving of house as financial pressures, 23 00:01:03,604 --> 00:01:07,191 a whole lot of things going on, you know, partner 24 00:01:07,191 --> 00:01:08,777 going back to work, all those sorts of things. 25 00:01:08,777 --> 00:01:12,530 So I know he is running at basically 100% at the moment. 26 00:01:12,530 --> 00:01:17,076 And if you didn't listen to that episode 27 00:01:14,114 --> 00:01:21,915 from a few weeks back, my mum's condition is 28 00:01:17,117 --> 00:01:23,665 is it's getting worse. It's getting worse. So on 29 00:01:23,665 --> 00:01:28,421 the last couple of months have been pretty rough. A lot of 30 00:01:28,504 --> 00:01:33,551 in and out of going to hospital, just trying to spend as much time 31 00:01:32,049 --> 00:01:35,594 with her as possible and go to pretty much right 32 00:01:35,594 --> 00:01:40,849 after recording this, go out and see her, my dad for, 33 00:01:37,846 --> 00:01:45,188 for a couple of hours and it's, it's been 34 00:01:41,100 --> 00:01:49,566 a rough time for me and I just don't have as much time 35 00:01:47,231 --> 00:01:51,528 to do all the things I love to do with the conversations, 36 00:01:51,528 --> 00:01:56,198 with the recordings and things like that. Apologies 37 00:01:54,614 --> 00:01:58,242 needed to step away for a little bit there. Yeah. 38 00:01:58,242 --> 00:02:02,704 So in terms of just what to expect going forward, well, 39 00:02:02,704 --> 00:02:04,915 we'll just have to go back to once a week for for 40 00:02:04,915 --> 00:02:07,209 the foreseeable future. Like I said, hopefully just 41 00:02:07,209 --> 00:02:12,924 a couple of months time. But perhaps that will 42 00:02:08,294 --> 00:02:15,259 extend out in past that you never know 43 00:02:12,966 --> 00:02:16,718 what life will throw away, whether that be bad or good. 44 00:02:16,718 --> 00:02:23,100 So we'll just see how we're going. I think 45 00:02:19,764 --> 00:02:24,519 it's still very much easy to maintain 46 00:02:24,519 --> 00:02:27,646 or manageable to maintain once a week for sure. 47 00:02:27,646 --> 00:02:31,067 For the Mere Mortals, for the Mere Mortals 48 00:02:29,064 --> 00:02:34,528 book reviews, once again, just doing a once a week 49 00:02:31,067 --> 00:02:37,615 one for me, a live one. It's actually a lot easier 50 00:02:34,611 --> 00:02:40,242 going to live. The whole process of just creating 51 00:02:40,242 --> 00:02:43,496 and distributing is is a lot more streamlined 52 00:02:43,496 --> 00:02:50,752 and doing the prep beforehand to make a good show 53 00:02:47,457 --> 00:02:51,879 is definitely easier, but so we're still doing that. 54 00:02:51,879 --> 00:02:57,384 And then I've kind of taken a little hiatus here on the Value 55 00:02:54,382 --> 00:03:00,597 for Value show as well. I was hoping to come back 56 00:02:57,467 --> 00:03:04,141 pretty rapidly for that, but I think also probably 57 00:03:00,597 --> 00:03:06,186 for the best just to to take a couple of months break 58 00:03:06,186 --> 00:03:11,106 on that portion as well. Will things improve? 59 00:03:09,146 --> 00:03:14,360 Will things get better? We'll just have to see 60 00:03:11,106 --> 00:03:15,986 how our time goes with us. It's throwing a kind of 61 00:03:15,986 --> 00:03:20,616 a lot of spanner in the works. I know just from my own plans 62 00:03:17,822 --> 00:03:22,034 to travel next year, I'm very much 63 00:03:20,616 --> 00:03:24,704 going to be dependent on on my mum's condition, 64 00:03:22,034 --> 00:03:27,372 however, and else in my family is doing as well. What 65 00:03:27,456 --> 00:03:31,669 what I can help out, what responsibilities 66 00:03:28,750 --> 00:03:32,294 I need to pick up or help out with. 67 00:03:32,294 --> 00:03:35,088 So I just want to that's the I guess 68 00:03:35,088 --> 00:03:39,718 like the bad news segment, which is just, just life. 69 00:03:39,718 --> 00:03:43,764 Just life happens sometimes. So let's get on to 70 00:03:42,180 --> 00:03:46,725 perhaps some more good news, some some fun things 71 00:03:46,725 --> 00:03:49,937 I've been playing around. I mentioned this recently 72 00:03:47,560 --> 00:03:53,274 with light sets. Light sets is just a way 73 00:03:49,937 --> 00:03:55,276 for you to be able to easily onboard someone onto the 74 00:03:55,276 --> 00:03:57,986 The Lightning Network. And I really do 75 00:03:57,986 --> 00:04:01,491 want to appreciate and say thank you to everyone 76 00:03:59,781 --> 00:04:06,454 who's supporting us. And I've never been a fan 77 00:04:01,491 --> 00:04:09,248 of trying to incentivise you guys at home to 78 00:04:06,537 --> 00:04:11,167 to like send in more money if you do this 79 00:04:09,248 --> 00:04:12,710 or you play this game. I understand the mechanisms 80 00:04:12,710 --> 00:04:14,253 and I think there's some value in that, 81 00:04:14,253 --> 00:04:17,714 but I think the most value should just be if you get value 82 00:04:16,297 --> 00:04:18,882 from this show that, that you send it back. 83 00:04:18,882 --> 00:04:24,096 And that's, that's the main driving mechanism 84 00:04:20,175 --> 00:04:25,973 of 90% of of behaviour. That being said, 85 00:04:26,057 --> 00:04:29,142 I do think there is a you know, we ask for something 86 00:04:29,142 --> 00:04:32,187 very specific and niche, which is to send it a boostagram, 87 00:04:32,187 --> 00:04:37,026 which is incredibly complex. It takes a lot of steps 88 00:04:34,023 --> 00:04:39,237 at this stage and it's at the forefront 89 00:04:37,026 --> 00:04:42,365 of technology. So what I'm going to start 90 00:04:39,237 --> 00:04:43,865 doing is first of all, I just ask everyone at home to, to 91 00:04:43,865 --> 00:04:46,869 try out a new podcast app to get things like 92 00:04:46,869 --> 00:04:50,999 chapters, chapter links, transcripts 93 00:04:47,995 --> 00:04:53,625 and things like that, because one, it 94 00:04:51,040 --> 00:04:55,211 creates a better product, but it also is going to be 95 00:04:55,211 --> 00:04:59,673 able to benefit you in some ways. So what I'm planning on 96 00:04:56,670 --> 00:05:01,800 doing is putting some little links or a link in 97 00:05:01,800 --> 00:05:06,848 probably every episode that we do to a claim 98 00:05:06,848 --> 00:05:11,351 where you can claim 2000 sets of set up 99 00:05:08,557 --> 00:05:13,980 a whole bunch of wallets, you'll be able to do this 100 00:05:11,351 --> 00:05:15,982 and it's kind of a thank you. It's got 2000 sets in there 101 00:05:15,982 --> 00:05:19,026 and it's nothing too crazy, but it's a great 102 00:05:19,026 --> 00:05:22,071 onboarding mechanism and or a a way 103 00:05:22,071 --> 00:05:24,115 to show appreciation in for those at home. 104 00:05:24,115 --> 00:05:26,326 So a little gift if you if you feel like tuning in 105 00:05:26,326 --> 00:05:28,870 and you're like, ooh, can I, can I get 20 sets? 106 00:05:28,870 --> 00:05:30,370 You know, there'll be a link and a 107 00:05:30,370 --> 00:05:33,333 and a QR code in the, in the chapter 108 00:05:33,415 --> 00:05:35,834 where this will be, how this all play out. 109 00:05:35,834 --> 00:05:37,754 I'll probably do a full episode with one 110 00:05:37,754 --> 00:05:40,630 in about two weeks time I think on that. 111 00:05:40,630 --> 00:05:44,843 But it's just something and I really would prefer it, 112 00:05:44,843 --> 00:05:47,346 I suppose, to go to people who have never tried it before 113 00:05:47,346 --> 00:05:49,389 because it is the full onboarding mechanism. 114 00:05:49,389 --> 00:05:51,309 Here is how you get a lightning wallet. 115 00:05:51,309 --> 00:05:54,896 Here is how you claim this is what ASADA's, 116 00:05:52,517 --> 00:05:57,648 that sort of thing. So I would prefer it to 117 00:05:54,896 --> 00:06:00,526 to kind of go like that. But you know, if it's for a loyal 118 00:05:58,274 --> 00:06:04,197 listener who just wants a pick me up, who wants some 119 00:06:00,526 --> 00:06:05,406 20 sets, you know, yeah, go nuts, claim it. 120 00:06:05,406 --> 00:06:07,283 And once again, just if you feel like 121 00:06:07,283 --> 00:06:10,786 sending that back to us and in a boost your own form, 122 00:06:10,786 --> 00:06:12,538 it would be very much appreciated. 123 00:06:12,538 --> 00:06:15,500 So that's kind of like the good news in terms of just 124 00:06:15,500 --> 00:06:20,713 something to improve the show and the shows will be improving 125 00:06:20,797 --> 00:06:25,425 The book reviews I plan on changing hosts soon, 126 00:06:22,757 --> 00:06:28,846 so that allowed me to go live and do some cool 127 00:06:25,425 --> 00:06:32,891 things the mere mortals. I also want to experiment 128 00:06:28,846 --> 00:06:35,019 with some RSS things and basically 129 00:06:32,891 --> 00:06:37,105 just to try and create a better experience 130 00:06:35,019 --> 00:06:40,065 for everyone at home to stay on top of the 131 00:06:40,065 --> 00:06:43,485 kind of awesome, cool trends that are coming out 132 00:06:41,692 --> 00:06:44,487 of podcasting to know all of those sorts of things. 133 00:06:44,487 --> 00:06:47,447 So the good news is that the podcast is not going away. 134 00:06:47,447 --> 00:06:53,579 It's just it's being reduced in one format and picking up in a 135 00:06:50,326 --> 00:06:55,038 in another. So those are, those are two there. 136 00:06:55,038 --> 00:06:58,418 And then I suppose just a final reminder for me is 137 00:06:58,418 --> 00:06:59,918 yeah, just more on the personal note, 138 00:06:59,918 --> 00:07:04,673 what what has really helped me over 139 00:07:00,877 --> 00:07:06,968 these last two months is spending a lot of quality 140 00:07:04,757 --> 00:07:10,012 time with friends and the people that I love. It's it's 141 00:07:10,012 --> 00:07:13,766 very important just to show that appreciation 142 00:07:11,973 --> 00:07:16,560 to them as well. You know, if you ever get 143 00:07:14,057 --> 00:07:18,728 the opportunity to, would you rather work 144 00:07:16,560 --> 00:07:21,023 an extra 2 hours or would you rather spend 145 00:07:18,728 --> 00:07:23,776 those 2 hours with with your mum, with your dad, with your friends? 146 00:07:23,776 --> 00:07:27,154 I would just recommend, you know, spend those couple of hours with 147 00:07:27,154 --> 00:07:33,201 with your friends work if in the end, 148 00:07:29,365 --> 00:07:35,997 what do you work for? It's it's to kind of be able 149 00:07:33,702 --> 00:07:38,331 to find the time and and the money to spend 150 00:07:35,997 --> 00:07:40,625 time with loved ones. So I would just 151 00:07:38,331 --> 00:07:42,377 recommend doing that. It can come in all forms, 152 00:07:40,625 --> 00:07:45,839 you know, just just hanging out going out to lunch 153 00:07:45,839 --> 00:07:50,470 or a restaurant. I went skydiving with some friends to head 154 00:07:47,466 --> 00:07:53,096 to the beach yesterday. All of these moments, 155 00:07:50,720 --> 00:07:54,807 there they are. They are short in the 156 00:07:53,096 --> 00:07:55,391 grand scheme of things. You know, I'm 157 00:07:55,391 --> 00:07:58,394 at 31 years old already and it's just, wow, 158 00:07:58,435 --> 00:08:01,271 how did I get here? I remember being a ten year old 159 00:08:01,271 --> 00:08:05,860 looking at my dad and just be like, 160 00:08:02,482 --> 00:08:09,029 Oh my God, he's so old. So that's just just 161 00:08:05,942 --> 00:08:11,949 a reminder here for me. You know, it's 162 00:08:09,029 --> 00:08:14,826 not anything revelatory. It's not nothing new, 163 00:08:11,949 --> 00:08:15,995 but it it's a reminder coming from a different source 164 00:08:15,995 --> 00:08:18,831 to just spend that time with loved ones to show, 165 00:08:18,831 --> 00:08:21,500 show your appreciation for them, to tell them that you love them. 166 00:08:21,500 --> 00:08:25,754 It's all very, very important. So I'm going to leave it 167 00:08:23,920 --> 00:08:29,509 there for today. Thank you for tuning into my 168 00:08:26,797 --> 00:08:32,928 my little SOB story here. And I really do hope you're 169 00:08:30,927 --> 00:08:34,304 having a fantastic time wherever you are in the world. 170 00:08:34,304 --> 00:08:36,474 I hope you're spending time with loved ones. 171 00:08:36,474 --> 00:08:39,769 And I really just do on a show some some gratitude. 172 00:08:39,769 --> 00:08:42,230 Thank you for for tuning into the memorial soon. 173 00:08:42,230 --> 00:08:47,735 It really is my life is so much better 174 00:08:44,690 --> 00:08:49,903 for for having done all of this unfold, 175 00:08:47,735 --> 00:08:52,822 connecting with everyone. So until the next 176 00:08:49,903 --> 00:08:52,822 time. Chao for now, Kyrin out.