The Green Pill Podcast: Dealing with Failure

This week I am by myself again as Cat finished band camp and with the two guests I was hoping one of them could make it today were both either in Scotland or going to New York, where I was last week, ironically.

However, in life, you have to deal with failures, and not being able to find a guest, or unable to get a date, or your microphone failing to record your podcast, or your bank charges you overdraft unreasonable fees, whatever it is, it’s a failure and it’s not that you can avoid them, you can only learn to deal with them. And that what this episode is all about.

I hope you will find my advice helpful and consoling as we all deal with the various failures in our lives, and thank you for watching.

Double Rainbow over Portree

Double Rainbow over Portree
A Double Rainbow in Portree, Skye, in Scotland. The outer Rainbow can barley be seen but is just visible as a faint fuchsia streak that extends from the trunk of the tree on the right. Photo © 2019 TimeHorse, LLC

Every since I was a child, I dreamed of spending my mild summers in Scotland and my mild summers in New Zealand. Who needs winter?! Although I’ve yet to visit the lovely submerged island continent that is New Zealand, I have been to Scotland a few times and it never ceases to impress me. I’m so in love with the lands north of Hadrian’s wall I could happily spend months there just enjoying the sights.

As I got older, I became a bit of a polyglot, thirsting for new languages to speak. So when I read that you could secure Scottish residency by becoming fluent in Scots, I decided that was a language most assuredly on my bucket list.

The great thing about Scotland, and Edinburgh specifically, is that it has a thriving Doctor Who fanbase that meets monthly at an awesome bistro right off the Royal Mile, the Tron.

The Tron, Edinburgh
The Tron is a sports bar in Edinburgh where the Monthly Edinburgh Who show meets. Photograph © TimeHorse, LLC

I’m not sure when I’ll be back in Edinburgh or Scotland, but if you’re going, won’t you take me with you!