Finding My Own Podcast

This week, Jovana discusses her new beginning. She is excited, nervous, and ready to have her first leap into adulthood without the structure that is a part of education. She shares about the comfort she has moving forward, she knows that this won’t be an easy journey, but she will do what she needs to do to continue the life of her dreams.  

In this week’s episode, Jovana shares the creative endeavors that have led her to begin to pivot her podcast. She has noticed she wants to narrow down her audience and create a more targeted experience. She came across this adjustment as she’s preparing for more content and more stories as COVID regulations change, and life begins its new, new normal… She shares the importance of being willing to change and grow and how that has enhanced her life. 

Becoming an adult already provides its own set of challenges outside the small details of being able to support oneself. Currently, Jovana is continuing to prepare for her upcoming move. During this process, she's had many realizations about the lack of education she received prior to becoming an adult, specifically regarding "adulting". She even found a common trend of her questions being around one of the biggest “taboo” topics, finance.

In this week’s episode, Jovana discusses her observations and experiences in making forward progress. She is finally at a point in her life in which she can directly experience the impact of the decisions she made years ago.

In this week’s episode, Jovana reflects on her life over the last year. She reflects on the change and growth that has happened and some of the many emotions that have surfaced as she observes those having in-person ceremonies. She discusses her life visions and challenges of life after college, both of which were bookended by graduation. 

In her first episode back, Jovana discusses her excitement and renewed grounding thanks to her “spring break”. Jovana shares the importance of taking time to be present in one’s own life due to how easy it is to get wrapped up in life’s expectations. She dives deeper into what she was going through which led her to realize how important it was to take a break. She talks about the job search process, feeling stuck, and making changes.

In this episode, Jovana discusses the need for a break. This is the last episode of the first half of Season One. She shares that it is important she does as she says, even when it is not easy. She has opted to take some time for herself to live in the now and rest up. She is going to use this break to give more to her podcast and prepare for her return in June!

New episodes returning in June! 

In this episode, Jovana continues the discussion of her recent reflection, this time focusing in on social media and its impact on her life. She talks about taking a step back and using this podcast as something that brings her joy and focusing on herself and important relationships. Jovana is working on a lot right now and hopes to one day be able to put more into her podcast, but for right now she just needs to focus on her.

This is the first episode recorded and uploaded within the same week. Over the last few week's Jovana has been reflecting on her choices and experiences that have led her to where she is today. This reflection turned into her needing to reiterate over and over to herself that as people, we are far from perfect. Early on, Jovana struggled with perfectionism, constantly questioning every decision she has ever made. As she got older, she realized perfectionism is thoroughly unattainable, and instead the strive for perfectionism is the thief of joy. So instead of constantly asking herself if she made the right decision, she decided to put it into an episode. With the hopes that it will help someone else with their struggles of perfectionism.

This episode begins with some original audio from 2020 when Jovana was just beginning her podcast journey. The audio may be difficult to hear, as it had to be amplified to match today’s added audio. This episode is all about shifting her focus on her true goals in life, rectifying the American educational system.