{"podcast":{"title":"The Nuance Diaries","slug":"the-nuance-diaries-7119430","podcast_index_feed_id":7119430,"rss_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/1646872.rss","website_url":"https://thenuancediaries.substack.com/podcast","image_url":"https://substackcdn.com/feed/podcast/1646872/d261d626912eca102e8a79ca09de2e70.jpg","author":"Alexa Juanita Jordan","episode_count":59,"summary":"You know those texts that are reserved for the group chat? That's the kind of vibe you'll find here. Consider my vulnerability a permission slip for yours.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-29T04:19:15.401476+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-nuance-diaries-7119430"},"episode":{"title":"I know I’m working hard and sometimes I can see it","slug":"i-know-i-m-working-hard-and-sometimes-i-can-see-it","published_at":"2026-06-21T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-nuance-diaries-7119430/i-know-i-m-working-hard-and-sometimes-i-can-see-it","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-nuance-diaries-7119430","url":"https://thenuancediaries.substack.com/p/i-know-im-working-hard-and-sometimes","audio_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/202522232/c1ece55792263f16a0d7d79fab3586a9.mp3","summary":"SUBSCRIBE Read The Start Of It All Read '5 Life Lessons From The Devil Wears Prada 2' Book a Coaching Session with Me! Welcome back to The Nuance Diaries! I’ve been playing around with how I describe what I write about here, and recently landed on this: “Unfiltered alchemy from your most unhinged group chat. Consider my vulnerability a permission slip for yours.” I kind of love it. Thoughts? I wrote this song around 3 years ago now. It was inspired by a conversation with one of my best friends last weekend. A specific sentence that she said inspired the whole thing, and that specific sentence is in the song - verbatim. I’ll let you guess what it is (or you can just listen to the voiceover where I’ll tell you!) Highly recommend listening to this one if you’re usually a reader. Highly recommend listening to The Nuance Diaries in general, honestly. It’s not a robot voice - I read them! Can’t see where my life is headin’ But I can see the bottom of my sink And that might not mean much to you But Lord it means everything to me And I cannot remember The last day that I went without a drink But today I did my dishes And that’s gonna have to be enough for me I think myself in circles As I sit here sprawled on the couch I have all these great ambitions Sometimes I even write a few down And I cannot remember The last time that I believed in me But today I did my dishes And that’s gonna have to be enough for me I know I’m working hard And sometimes I can see it They say I’m doing fine Maybe one day I’ll believe it This is a great big world And I am just one girl I wanna do everything And nothing at all I’m gonna try to work on Not feeling so small I’m gonna try to work on Thinking I can have it at all But for now I’ll clean my closet Do my dishes Sing this song Can’t see where my…","meta_description":"SUBSCRIBE Read The Start Of It All Read '5 Life Lessons From The Devil Wears Prada 2' Book a Coaching Session with Me! Welcome back to The Nuance Diaries!…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":365,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-nuance-diaries-7119430/episodes/i-know-i-m-working-hard-and-sometimes-i-can-see-it/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-nuance-diaries-7119430/i-know-i-m-working-hard-and-sometimes-i-can-see-it.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}