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Speaker 1: Creativity is an addiction unplugged because we will always say

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yes to creativity totally uncut because we all make mistakes.

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So turn it into a tool. This is arrow unplugged. Hey, Sarah,

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this is d frag Defragging is taking the opportunity to

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putting your truth on a page, and on this podcast,

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I guess it would be putting your truth in vocals.

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I just got off the phone with this incredible guy.

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His name is Joe. Joe's trying to get a podcast

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going and he wants to get a podcast growing that

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really puts a lot of focus on fear. And I

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mentioned to him that, look, if you're going to touch

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a subject like fear, you can't go into it dancing

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around the fire. You're going to have to step into

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the fire. And that means that you've got to ask

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the questions and you've got to question the answers. And

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I told him during this this forty minute conversation, because

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I love talking to podcasters all over the world, I

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love talking about bringing your t truth to the words

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that you're sharing. Don't be a disc jockey, don't be

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a fake high or a false god to somebody. Just

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be yourself. That's the secret is that you've just got

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to be You ask the questions, question the answers. This

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is d Frak today. You know. I want to hit

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a subject that's pretty real, and that subject is where

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do we begin? We've been there so many different times

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in our lives. Things happen in our lives in the

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way of change and challenge, and we sit there and

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we wonder, first of all, how did we get here?

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But where do we begin? Did you see what just

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happened there? How did we get here? But where do

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we begin? It's like you're trying to start all over

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in a situation that's been going on, the continuation, understanding

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what a continuation is versus a first step of a

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brand new beginning. Where do we begin? Oh? I've been

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in that situation many times in my life. I have

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made some serious mistakes. And I remember coming home from

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being on the air all day and doing commercial production.

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I did something really bad and my wife said, we

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need to talk. And it was one of those conversations

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where she closed the shades in the kitchen and she

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was serious, we need to talk. And I thought, where

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do we begin? In everything that we do, We've got

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to ask that question where do we begin? But if

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you're going to ask it, you have to also ask

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where have we been? What led us to this place

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of where do we begin? Because we're all carrying the

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weight of who we once were, And if you're going

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to live in your past, which is not really where

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you need to be, you've got to be able to

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stand up straight, put your big adult pants on and say, Okay,

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this is what I've been doing, this is why I've

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been doing. Oh my god, it doesn't agree with you?

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Where do we begin? And in those situations of where

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do we begin, you've got to answer the question, is

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it worth the investment of starting all over? Oh? God? Starting?

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Nobody wants to start all over? Oh my god, you've

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got to be kidding me. That would be like the NFL,

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the NBA and Major League Baseball saying okay, so your

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fan base isn't there anymore? Where do we begin? Well,

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let's let's start all over. Let's go back to the

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days when baseball cards run they were part of a

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cigarette package. Now, let's don't do that. Joe the podcaster

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has been after me for about I'd say about two

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weeks to have a conversation. Yeah, We're both busy, we

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both come from many different sides of the world. He's

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a lobbyist, I'm a podcaster. Do they clash? Do they

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come together anyway? Joe? His main concern was, well, where

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do I begin with creating a podcast about fear? And

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it's like, okay, Joe, it's really amazing to me inside

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my heart that you would even pick such a huge subject.

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Is it something you picked up in church? Is it

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something that you're living every day? Is it a fear

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that you have because you're afraid of what other people

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think of you? Why would you pick a subject to fear?

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It's not where did you begin or where do we begin?

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It's about what are you doing right now? And how

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did we get to this conversation? Because as with a

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podcast especially, you know, you can't just go there and say, well,

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I'm going to talk about turns from a bird. You are, well,

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that's amazing, but so how does that affect you in

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real life? Do birds turn on you all the time? Well? No,

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why do you want to do a podcast about that?

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Where do we begin? It's a tough subject because when

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I sit down every morning to do my daily writing,

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which is seven am and I've got that blank page

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in front of me. I never ask where do we begin?

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I just start writing. I don't have to agree with

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the writing. I don't have to sit there and think

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about the writing. I just write because it's not a beginning,

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it's a continuation. So later on in the day, when

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I jump into my d frag journals, which is all

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about asking the questions and questioning the answers, it's the

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same thing. I'm not looking for a beginning, I'm looking

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for the continuation, and I do question myself in ways

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that really does bring out a different side, not of

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just my personality, but of my lifestyle and choices. We've

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all been in that place where we ask that question. Hey,

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spring is almost here, and then it's going to become summer.

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We can take a vacation. Where do we begin? You

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ever thought about asking yourself where did you leave off?

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Why do we have to begin something new all the time. Really,

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we don't like new and improved because we don't trust

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new and improved. So why are you putting yourself through

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the same things? Are you going to market it? Are

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you going to put yourself out there in a way

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that brings out a destination? Of choices and or maybe

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you're not gonna believe in it anymore? Where do we begin?

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Find your peaceful walk? Know what your way is? But

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can you say that about what you're doing? When you

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look in that mirror. You put your makeup on, you

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brush your teeth, to put your arm deodorant on, you

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put on your business suit, You do everything that you're

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supposed to do so you can look all pretty and acceptable.

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What are you going to do? Was that the beginning

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of your new day or continuation of who you are?

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Hard to believe that I've been in the radio industry

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for forty three years or the broadcast industry, and no

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day ever comes to me in the way of when

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I go into that studio, I never say what are

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we going to do? It never ever comes up. It's

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never about where do we begin? Rather where can we continue?

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In this conversation of moving forward? Sylvester Stallone in his

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series on Paramount Tulsa King, he says life is a

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one way road. That one way road is this car

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passes me by. Do you think he's going backwards? Hell? No,

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he's going that way. He's going forward. The lady that

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just passed us inside the forest, she's got a baby carriage.

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Is she going backwards? No, She's moving forwards. Life is

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a one way road. Why are you living in your

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past and constantly working on? Hey? Where do we begin?

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Readjust your thinking? Readjust your lifestyle? Instead of asking where

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are we beginning, why don't we say hey, how are

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we going to continue this story? We can learn from this.

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We can study the habits and the experiences of others

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who lived it and realize that we are wasting a

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lot of time by starting all over, when in fact

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the journey has always been taking place. Quit starting all over.

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I'm Eron and this is Dee Frank