I’ve been taking some time off (use it or lose it) and evaluating all of the places in my life that are hard, a point for procrastination, have little ROI or are just plain disagreeable.
As part of that, I decided that I am going to close down the podcast. I have been doing it for four years, and it has never gotten easier or more enjoyable. I dread doing the episodes every month.
The files will probably be available on Libsyn (and here on the blog) for a few more months. But if you really want the backlist, you can find all the episodes over at Patreon.
Why have you been dreading recording? I always thought that your podcast was a way of reinforcing knowledge and values you have to yourself and everything else is a bonus.
I dread recording because it doesn’t come naturally me to speak my thoughts. I am always much more comfortable on paper. So when I need to sound something out and reinforce, I find it easier to do so with the written word. Vocally is just not a comfortable realm for me.
That being said, I am not ruling out future video or audio posts when the format fits what I am trying to convey. But as a regular podcast, I believe those days are done.
I see Laura! Thanks for explaining that.
I enjoy your writing but I wish you wrote more about being a parent to children in this productivity sphere.
Almost all productivity content I consume pretty much expects you to work 8 hours, sleep 8 hours, and have the rest of the time available as you want. As a parent it obviously doesnt work that way, add in sleep deprivation etc and you have a completely different environment compared to the people usually giving the advice.
What do you think about this and what do you find is most important when trying to live a fulfilled deliberate life as a parent?
I can definitely talk about this. I’ve survived parenthood so far (my daughter is currently in college) but I agree – the focus for “productivity” always seems to be the office. One of my pet peeves with productivity “experts” is that they assume that the stuff that needs to be done for living – food, cleaning, laundry, etc – will magically be done. I suspect these experts may have staff to do these things, but I certainly do not, and it is a challenge to do those significant tasks and be involved in children’s lives and still have any time to do anything else.
Being on the outer fringe of parenthood, too, also allows me to see how things changed over the various ages of my daughter. It did not get easier as my daughter got older, but it did get different. That has to factor in as well.
So short answer – yes I will definitely start spinning some articles up about this! And if you have specific questions, please add them here or send me a note via the contact form.