Walking The Walk: Change for the Better

Welcome to Walking the Walk: Change for the Better a podcast about how changing your perspectives can lead to a better life if you let it. The things that I encounter in my job as a Health Promoter, a solo parent of a queer/non-binary/ADHD teenager and a partner trying to make long distance love work, all impact how I make my way through the world and sometimes that journey is in need of an improvement. If this sounds relatable, then hopefully the lessons I learn along those different paths, as I'm walking the walk will be too. We are all walking alongside each other, and if we can learn from one another along the way, it will have been a journey well spent.

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The Productivity Trap!

September 15, 2025 • Charissa McKay • Episode 35

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When we think about downtime, or maybe that should be DO we think about time time? And IF we do...what do we do about it? Is it the time to "get caught up"? Or is it actually down time? To do nothing of any importance? That's what I tackle in this episode - how can we, or more specifically, I, get better at taking advantage or downtime. More specifically, is there a way that I can get there before I literally run out of runway? (or in the case of this episode's analogy du jour...track?).

How do you spend your down time? Are you good at it? Is it something you are looking forward to having "one day"? Where are you at when it comes to productivity?

Share your answers in Fan Mail or in the comments:)

Songs highlighted in the episode:

Work to Do (Average White Band) - https://open.spotify.com/track/3z8kox8O9CTOPJOtgK6Xan?si=7f9557d41dfb4e73

Working for the Weekend (Loverboy) -https://open.spotify.com/album/7DX38BQ3dzVG01dvMnRuX5?si=dlpoM6RoQTG_QLBPqOa3uA

Taking Care of Business (BTO) - https://open.spotify.com/track/0lzNXoZINVBLHWNIxKxWOo?si=c57f4131951144d3

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Walking The Walk is written, recorded and produced by me - Charissa McKay (aka CharCharBinx) in my awesome basement home office/studio/craft room on Treaty 6 lands known originally as amiskwaciy-wâskahikan, meaning Beaver Hill House, in Nehiyawewin (Cree). There are other names, equally as meaningful, and I am grateful to those who were here before me, for the ability to call this place my home.

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