Hello, you filthy breeders. Welcome to podcast number 84 of the Blind Boy Podcast. How are you getting on?

I hope you've been having a lovely gentle time and enjoying yourself. If you're a brand new listener,

and from, because there's been adverts and a cast getting new listeners in. So if you're one of these new listeners,

you've never heard the podcast before, and I go back to an earlier episode, you don't have to start immediately now.

And also, if you're listening on iTunes, subscribe to the podcast and leave a rating and leave a comment.

Not even if you're a new listener, if you're an old listener too, I tell you why,

like the past six weeks or two, two months, this podcast has been available and Spotify,

which is class because that's handy for a lot of people. A lot of people want to listen to their podcasts on Spotify.

And I do it myself, you know, because you're just in one place and a handy.

But the kind of slightly negative thing for me with people listening on Spotify is

the most important app for podcasts is iTunes.

Specifically, if a lot of people are listening to you on iTunes and they're leaving ratings and leaving comments and subscribing,

you're more likely for that podcast to then be suggested to other people or for it to appear in charts and things like that.

So I've had a slight drop-off because so many people have been going over to Spotify.

So even if you are listening and Spotify, if you'd like to do something sound, just head back over to iTunes for two seconds

and leave a little rating for the podcast. Just give it a few stars and you can even leave a comment if you want.

That actually really helps me. So do that if you get the time please.

So it may, it may and I fucking love mail ads. I love early May in particular.

I think it might be my favorite time of the year because it's so optimistic.

Just in terms of the weather, I speak a lot about looking at your environment and looking at the weather and trying to find meaning in it.

In terms of a here and now existence, if I go for a walk or a run, I try and be present in nature.

I try and take note of the smells, take note of the feeling of the ground is very different to the feeling of the ground.

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