Been figuring out how podcasting might fit into my life … for years š
So, for literal years ā¦ like maybe as many as 8 or 9 ā¦ Iāve been intending to āpodcastā.
Only, what that might look like for me that might resemble any sort of organized attempt which could ALSO (in the end) be suitable for sharing as a body of work - THAT has pretty much eluded me.
Not even going to say āuntil nowā - here where it would fit so elegantly - because I canāt š
Iām still unclear on content.
But there IS a bit of pattern forming (irregular and wandering, as one might expect coming from this quarter)
Which in turn means that finally, the organization has an opportunity to come clearer.
One of the things I can see that was a big piece of why itās taken this long, apart from how to āumbrellaā the content-yet-to-come from this zone of the Cross of the Unexpected thatās central to who I am and how Iām Designed - is I didnāt have the energy to experiment with and investigate the tools or any particular interest in tackling the learning curve of the tech side.
It just wasnāt there. Couldnāt guess how many microphones, for example, that Iāve been through - testing and not figuring out whatās the right solution.
I really could have benefited I think from someone saying āhere - this is the combination of toolsā
And it would have arrived at my doorstep as a boxed kit with plug and play directions.
Maybe some prompts for exploring different formats of podcasts.
Maybe some suggestions for how to think about including podcasting in my life and business - gradually and as part of a bigger vision for content making.
Hmm it sounds like I could be crafting a next offering - for someone š¤ ā¦ creating offers can be like that.
Like the cool inventions that humans are still coming up with - these offer things are often a result of solving problems for ourselves. And then sharing that solution forward - via transactions.
Not saying thatās on my to-do list, just noticing how quickly my thoughts flowed there as I was typing this out š
Anyway, back to the saga of my protracted dance with podcasting as a content media. And another reason why I think itās taken so longā¦
I have not (even still I donāt think) grasped the power of my own spoken word.
And yet, itās in my Design ā¦ to be affecting people with my thoughts (which can only be delivered by vocal or written words at this point eh?)
And also, I think ā¦ actually, scratch that, I know (ācause I can see how itās very true) ā¦now that itās ultimately turning out to be so so easy ā¦ that itās hard to wrap mind around that itās valuable.
Like itās not enough of a struggle to recognize it that way or something weird like that š
Thereās also all this strategy thatās possible (and usually encouraged) if thereās some sort of clear niche path thatās being taken ā¦ ahead of time.
Thatās just not how I function.
Makes for interesting marketing challenges to be sure. How to know what the message is - BEFORE - the message arrives.
Yeah that sort of challenge :)
So anyway, yeah Iāve tried a lot of different tools and softwares and storage and distribution this and that.
Thought about content possibilities and content schedules off and on over the years.
Dabbled in publishing a little audio.
Considered what I really have actual energy for and what I donātā¦ what format one or short) almost entirely to what would seem - no avail.
And then the Anchor app came along.
Today, about 18mos after discovering it and recording a handful of random shortsā¦ episode #0001 has just been published.
Maybe youāll find some nuggets inside ā¦ or at least laugh here and there.
And will there be an Episode #0002?
We shall see :)
Here we go -
https://anchor.fm/theplanetandrea/episodes/0001---Christy-Langman---Unschooling--valuing-play-as-an-adult--Human-Design--more-e1da7uo