Right after I wrote this title, I received a notification that the domain of one of my old podcasts is expiring soon. I decided not to renew this domain for another year. I miss recording that podcast, it was called “🐽 PiG Podcast”, and I recorded it with Peter Szostak. It was a show about productivity; I liked it, but we had to end it, and – although I would like to go back to making it – I have to move on and think about new stuff. So I’m releasing the domain, and with this also releasing the pressure of thinking about it, wishing it would be a thing again one day, and this way I will make space in my head for new things. I loved making a podcast, well, I love this whole creative process of preparing and publishing this kind of content. I like productivity, talking about it – especially that I have quite a different approach to it than many people. Furthermore, I don’t know if I’ll be able to create something like 🐽 PiG Podcast again, I don’t know the form of it, I don’t know the time, I’m not even sure about the topic, but I know that without space in my head, in my life, even in my notes or list of bills to pay, I won’t be able to take the next step in finding this new way. So, I guess, with this post, I’m definitely saying “goodbye” to 🐽 PiG Podcast, and actually all other podcasts I was recording in the past – because there were four of them. They were all recorded in Polish – because in those days I was a Polish blogger (and podcaster), and a year ago I switched my life (not only this online life) to English. I will also write about it one day.
Well, this post was supposed to be about something totally different, and became another reflection on simplifying and cleaning my life. It’s difficult to get rid of things from your past, things that are connected to good memories. I learned to do this with physical stuff – it’s easier to see the regained space if you can actually see this space (can you actually see the space? I mean, something that is not there?), and it’s much harder when it comes to virtual stuff. You can assume that if it’s not real, if it’s virtual, it’s not taking your space. But it actually is, maybe even more than real, physical items. Those virtual goods take my attention more than electronic or sport gadgets; they don’t lie on the floor or on furniture, they take up space in my head, live there and take away my peace. It’s like with plants – which I have a lot of in my tiny house. I love them, I really love them, but they require so much of my attention. I am aware of this and agree to sacrifice part of my life, my days, to take care of them, but I also know it would be much easier without them.
So, to end this post with one thought, for you – the person who reads this, but also for me – the person who tries to learn something from every new situation in life: minimalism, one of the most important values I follow in my life, requires a lot of attention because there are many traps that are easy to fall into when you try to organize, or even improve your life. And those traps, this minimalistic approach, require attention not only in the physical world, but also – or maybe even more – in this virtual life. So, goodbye 🐽 PiG Podcast, it was so nice to have you in my life, but it’s time to forget about you.