Day in the Life podcast

This week I chatted with Sean Sublette who is a meteorologist and I loved his simple advice on how we can all make a big impact on our environment by making small changes in our daily lives.

When it comes to making a difference with the effects on our environment, it can seem like a huge daunting task and that there’s no way minor changes can’t help but that’s so not the case! Every little bit adds up and it can add up to massive change.

While I do feel like I’m already doing a lot to help conserve energy (we have a smart thermostat, energy efficient appliances, use LED lights) there’s always more I can do so I want this week’s challenge to be all about conserving more energy and reducing my consumption!

How to Conserve Energy and Consume Less

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Today’s interview is with Meteorologist Sean Sublette! With all of the hurricanes, wildfires, polar vortexes happening across the US, I thought it’d be interesting to bring on a Meteorologist to talk about what a day in their life is like!

Sean shares: what it was like to work as a local network meteorologist and how those days different than the work he does now at Climate Central, his thoughts on climate change and how we can do small, incremental things to have a positive impact on our environment, what exactly is a polar vortex and how it actually plays into climate change, the margin of error in his job and how he handles criticism and so much more!

Excited for you to tune in and hope you enjoy!

Day in the Life of a Meteorologist | Sean Sublette

Show notes

In today’s episode, you’ll find out:

• What it’s like to work as a local network meteorologist.
• Sean’s thoughts on climate change and how it’s related to polar vortexes.
• What a polar vortex actually is and what causes it.
• Incremental changes you can make in your life to have a positive impact on our environment.
• What he struggles with the most in his career.
• Misconceptions people have about meteorologists.

 

Sean Sublette is working on Climate Central’s Climate Matters program, bringing 19 years of experience as a broadcast meteorologist.

 

Before joining Climate Central, Sublette was Chief Meteorologist at WSET in Lynchburg, Va. Previously, he was morning meteorologist at WSLS in nearby Roanoke. Prior to his promotion to Chief Meteorologist in Lynchburg, the Virginia Association of Broadcasters awarded his team Best Morning Show six times in eight years.

 

Sublette was also an Adjunct Professor at Lynchburg College, teaching two courses: Introductory Climate Science and Meteorology. Before starting his broadcast career, he briefly worked for a federal contractor at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.

 

He has served on the American Meteorological Society’s Distinguished Science Journalism Award Committee and has been a script reviewer for American Institute of Physics’ Discoveries and Breakthroughs in Science. He holds the AMS Certified Broadcast Meteorologist Seal and was a member of the AMS Board of Broadcast Meteorology from 2006-09, serving as Board Chair in 2009.

 

Sublette earned his Master of Science and Bachelor of Science degrees in Meteorology from Penn State.

Links to resources

• Weather Bug app
• Dark Sky app
• Radar Scope app
• Climate Central Twitter
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Follow Sean:

• Climate Central Website
• Sean’s personal website
• Twitter
• Facebook
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This week I chatted with Emily Mills who is obviously a creative and artistic genius. I made it clear how much I lack the skills to draw or be artistic in any sort of way, but after last week’s minisode about stopping myself from saying that I “can’t” do something, I’m trying to change my language and how I speak about my drawing skills.

I then started looking into how drawing can positively impact your days — and boy, I found a lot of research on this!

Tune in to find out how drawing can boost your mood and positively impact your day to day life!

Let’s Boost Our Moods by Drawing!

Links to resources

• Day in the Life Minisode – What’s Something You Feel Like You Can’t Do
• Psychology Today – Drawing is a Simple Way to Improve Your Mood
• Very Well Mind – What is Art Therapy
• Very Well Mind – How To Relieve Stress with Art Therapy

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Today’s interview is with Illustrator Emily Mills! Emily & I met a conference last year and I got to see first hand what her illustration work looks like (I admit me creeping on her during the conference, ha!).

We dive into what it’s really like to be a full-time illustrator: She shares how she got started in the industry, how she uses illustrations to tell a story, what kind of clients she works with, how she gets inspired when she’s not feeling creative, what she struggles with, misconceptions people have and so much more!

Join in the conversation with other Day in the Life listeners in the Day in the Life Facebook group!

Also…if you’d like to submit a guest for an upcoming episode, head on over to our website to submit!

Day in the Life of an Illustrator | Emily Mills

Show notes

In today’s episode, you’ll find out:

• If Emily always wanted to be an illustrator and how she got started.
• How Emily uses illustrations to tell a story.
• What she does to get inspired when she’s not feeling creative.
• Her favorite type of illustrations to do.
• What she struggles with most in her career as an illustrator.
• Common misconceptions people have about the illustration community.
• One piece of advice she’d offer to someone who wants to become an illustrator.

• Adobe
• Procreate
• KanBan
• Deep Work
• Vic Lee

Follow Emily:

• Emily’s Instagram
• Sketch Note Academy Instagram
• Portfolio
• Emily’s book, The Art of Visual Notetaking
• Emily’s online classes

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This week I chatted with Sandy and Jeni from Namastream and our conversation got me thinking about how people approach things they feel like they “can’t” do. It was eye-opening to me that neither Sandy nor Jeni had a software engineering background, yet here they are, creating an incredible software company.

Like, have you told yourself your entire life that you “can’t” do something for one reason or another? I know I have.

I’ve told myself “I’m not athletic” “I can’t draw” “I’m not smart enough/experienced enough to do XYZ”

While I’m certainly not going to be the next Michael Jordan or Picasso, I can, in fact do some of these things, I just don’t try because I won’t be the best or the expert at it.

Of course, this is perfectionism peeping it’s ugly head into my subconscious again and I’m sure many of you may feel the same. It’s uncomfortable to do new things but to quote marketing expert Seth Godin, “fear is a compass, not a barrier. It becomes a way to know what to do next, not an evil demon to be extinguished.”

Tune into this episode to find what you can do to start doing that one thing you feel like you “can’t” do, but have always wanted to.

What’s Something That You Feel Like You “Can’t” Do?

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Today’s interview is special because it’s another double interview! We haven’t had one of those since interviewing World Travelers Lisa & Peter Hoppe.

Anyways, I’m interviewing Sandy Connery & Jeni Barcelos who are the founders of a software company called Namastream.

Sandy & Jeni did NOT have software engineering backgrounds at all when they started Namastream and as two female founders of a tech company, I thought it’d be great to get their insight on their struggles, successes and a peek inside what it’s really like to run a software company.

We chat about the major challenges bootstrapping a tech company (they did not get venture capital funding), the specific challenges facing female entrepreneurs in tech, the biggest barriers they’ve had to overcome, misconceptions people have about working in the tech industry, advice to young women who want to work in tech and so much more.

As always, you can join in the conversation with other Day in the Life listeners in the Day in the Life Facebook group!

Day in the Life of a Software Company Founder| Sandy Connery & Jeni Barcelos

Show notes

In today’s episode, you’ll find out:

• The major challenges of bootstrappng a tech company with no venture capital funding.
• Why they ultimately decided to not seek out venture capital funding.
• The specific challenges female entrepreneurs in tech face.
• The biggest barriers they’ve had to overcome.
• Misconceptions about what it’s like to work in the tech industry.
• Advice to young women who want to work in tech.
• What lights them up the most in their career as founders of a tech company.

Links to resources

• StartUp podcast
• Day in the Life of World Travelers Lisa & Peter Hoppe

Follow Sandy & Jeni:

• Website
• Soulful MBA Podcast
• Instagram

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This week I chatted with Professional Organizer Megan Mangione and it really got me thinking about stuff and why we hold on to it.

I researched a bit further into why we hold on to stuff, even when we feel cluttered, overwhelmed and disorganized. I’m definitely guilty of this and what I found through researching is exactly the reasons why I hold on to things.

During this episode, I’m sharing what I found after diving into some research onto why we hold on to too much stuff and how I’m clearing out the physical and mental clutter in my life.

Why Do We Hold Onto Stuff?

Links to resources

• The simple reason we hold on to too much stuff
• The psychology of clutter: Why we hold onto ‘stuff’—and what that may be teaching our kids
• Study by UCLA’s Center on Everyday Lives of Families

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