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BONUS EP! - We're Taking the Summer Off · Crafted Connections

• 0:04
  SPEAKER_00: Hello and welcome to Crafted Connections.
• 0:07
  SPEAKER_00: I'm Caitlin Calhoun, your host, and on Crafted Connections, we explore lots of aspects of storytelling.
• 0:14
  SPEAKER_00: Lots of aspects of storytelling.
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  SPEAKER_00: I interview people in my network who are super freaking cool about their story, and we talk about how to incorporate storytelling into your life, into your business, into your marketing, and then of course I tell some stories of my own along the way, and it is a fun ride.
• 0:34
  SPEAKER_00: But I come to you with a very short and even sweeter message.
• 0:37
  SPEAKER_00: I'm going to be taking a summer break.
• 0:40
  SPEAKER_00: Hells yeah.
• 0:42
  SPEAKER_00: And when it comes down to it, my most recent episode was Slow Girl Summer.
• 0:48
  SPEAKER_00: And I thought to myself over the last few weeks, what if I take a little breather and give Slow Girl Summer a run for her money?
• 0:58
  SPEAKER_00: And taking a pause on the podcast felt like the perfect way to do that.
• 1:04
  SPEAKER_00: I love this podcast.
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  SPEAKER_00: I love getting on the mic and talking to people and asking questions and hitting people up to be on the podcast and also thinking about topics that I want to talk to people about.
• 1:18
  SPEAKER_00: And also the balance in that is chasing this Thursday deadline that I have for myself.
• 1:24
  SPEAKER_00: I have been pretty good this year about posting every Thursday at 7 a.m.
• 1:29
  SPEAKER_00: I think I've missed one, maybe two weeks.
• 1:31
  SPEAKER_00: And so I'm letting myself take a little breather.
• 1:35
  SPEAKER_00: And I'm so excited to come back refreshed and more ready than ever on October 1st.
• 1:43
  SPEAKER_00: So I will see you essentially when Q4 comes back to us.
• 1:48
  SPEAKER_00: So this is July 2nd, taking the summer off, back on October 1st.
• 1:53
  SPEAKER_00: And part of it a big part of it is really getting a little bit more clarity around the podcast.
• 2:01
  SPEAKER_00: Now that I've done it for over a year, I need to like re-evaluate all the different interviews, all the different um solo episodes, and come back with uh a clearer and more defined mission.
• 2:16
  SPEAKER_00: The original plan was to kind of reignite my creativity, and it freaking worked, y'all.
• 2:23
  SPEAKER_00: I uh I just feel back at it with creation and playing and and expressing myself.
• 2:30
  SPEAKER_00: And I want this podcast to have more of a purpose now and more of a strategy around it, and more of a you know, ability to connect with more and more folks.
• 2:41
  SPEAKER_00: And I was like, you know what, stepping back, taking some time, evaluating, strategizing feels like the perfect way to do that.
• 2:48
  SPEAKER_00: So this is a bit of a message for those who have listened to the podcast for a while, or you know, if if you're just experiencing the podcast for the first time, thank you so much for pressing play, supporting me.
• 3:02
  SPEAKER_00: I am ever so grateful, and I cannot wait to jump back in this fall uh with with some really thoughtful, thoughtful episodes and some really cool people that uh I interview.
• 3:14
  SPEAKER_00: So grateful for the listens, grateful for the time off, grateful for when I get to come back.
• 3:23
  SPEAKER_00: Alright, y'all, have a wonderful slow girl summer.
• 3:29
  SPEAKER_00: Crafted Connections is lovingly produced by Calhoun Creative Consulting, a strategic storytelling firm dedicated to helping people and brands tell their stories in a way that resonates.
• 3:40
  SPEAKER_00: If you enjoyed this episode, be sure to subscribe and connect with us on Instagram at Crafted Connections Bot.
• 3:47
  SPEAKER_00: Keep creating, keep connecting, until we meet again.