WOW, fifty months in a row! I've been doing this for a long time now, and I am really proud that I have kept it up. To some people it might have seemed like a distraction, especially the vlogs on the YT channel.
However I think it is going to be wonderful to look back on, and for my descendants to see as well.
I should really point out the stark difference of how I am NOW, and how I was LAST YEAR at this time. I was Deathly Ill, and even had an encounter with an armed shooter at Karaoke.
I just got back from Podcast Movement again for the 2nd year in a row, and getting sick last year didn't slow me down! It was great to be able to build on relationships from last year, and to meet new people too. I was able to connect with some friends too in person.
What am I doing... NOW? September 2024
I'm struggling still to put out content. I'm not sure what the hold up is for myself, as I have the time. Not to mention motivational reasons to do it. If I can just sprint out some work, then I'll be far ahead of where I was.
I don't normally do this, but I'm going to share my "todo list" for myself right now:
Time Remaining in the Year:
- 4 months 2 days
- 17 weeks and 5 days
- 124 days
Tasks
- Create 120 blog posts, one daily
- now page update
- Hannah B's clips
- prepare for interview tue
- Edit 12 poly yt videos, and make 5 more
- create a supercut of the FP series, and then convert to blog, and then put into opus
- Create 17 how to be a content creator videos
- Create 30 highly edited shorts 1-2 per week for polytools
- Revamp Polyinnovator.space either with new theme features or a whole new theme
That is a LOT, and it is really a bit overzealous if I'm being honest. However take it with a grain of salt, that I don't need to do this in a matter of days, but technically weeks. I already recorded a dozen videos for the main channel. I edited about half of them already today, and I am now working on this post/video for the Now Page.
My goal for today is to get the videos edited and scheduled out. Not to mention the couple small things for the interviews too.
In a bigger view #MACRO, What's Coming up
I need to make some BIG changes. I.e. Moving, making money/finding a job, and creating bigger content like books.
My swimming book is long overdue in my view, and I think I'd be able to focus on it more if my content was batched then scheduled out.
I've always struggled at doing batched content, but now that I am experienced in multiple formats for a long time. It seems that it is now time to try again on that front. They won't be crappy quality, but just minimalist and simple. What is most important is getting the information out.
Especially for the PolyTools channel, so that I can start building thought leadership, and then hopefully I'd be able to speak at the next Podmove. Eventually at places like Vidsummit.
I wish I could put into words the path I see ahead of me. There are a lot of holes in my future right now, that I haven't figured out.
However some of the things that I do know for sure are my content plans. Between my 3 channels, 2 websites, and 2 podcasts. I know that I am making the right decisions there.
Things I am consuming:
Listened to this while writing.
I got this handheld before my Vegas trip, and I finally beat one of my childhood games that I felt incomplete by not beating the final boss. One of the other games where that was the case was actually Octopath Traveler, something I more recently played in recent years.
However the final boss needed more grinding, and I did but not enough. However this handheld just can't quite play Octopath, at least not yet. Thus I got a switch from a friend of mine, and I'm now playing through the two Octopath games again.
