Expanding horizons

12 August 2022 01:15

I have entirely too much time on my hands. I need to get back to work because I decided to add a podcast and I have no idea what I am doing. I’ve been researching how to get started. I barely have this blog doing anything and then there is the Youtube channel that I hardly post on. I need to take the next few days to focus and figure out what I am doing. These kids don’t make it easy either I wanted to be able to work on all these ventures when they are asleep. Except they act like they don’t know how to go to bed so I guess from now on I will have to put them in the bed with the lights off.

I figure whether I do the podcast or not it’s a wash because the microphone I got I needed for the Youtube channel anyway. I think the one thing that is making me nervous is that I don’t like the sound of my voice and I also just need to nail down some ideas on what to talk about. That is a big problem for me I get so wrapped up in the idea of something but don’t think about the follow-through before I start. So, I may or may not post on social media much in the next couple of days so that I can work on content.

I need to nail down what I want all these things to be about. As I keep reading everywhere I need to first figure out who my audience is. I have pretty much figured out that I want to focus on Advice, Current events, and Health. I want to be able to help people is the overriding theme in all this. I want it to be centered on things that I have gone through and what I am working on. This is exactly why I post on this blog because as I write it helps me to think. I wouldn’t have even narrowed down this so quickly. I do all this research and every idea I read I want to do, but I can’t do everything, and I want to be authentic in everything I do here. I’m going to make some notes of things I need to update.

So now that I have figured out the main themes, I need to pinpoint the areas within these topics I will focus on. So, I paused to update Youtube and the podcast to reflect the topics now I just need to figure out the posting schedule. I read one place that said to post on Youtube three times a week. I read another site that said you should post on a podcast once or twice a week. I think the podcast would be easier than Youtube because it’s just audio editing whereas Youtube is visual which to me is harder to edit out when you make a mistake or if the video just looks bad. I can easily repeat something I said its harder to redo things that were done the same way.

That’s just my personal view. I can’t even do smooth transitions on TikTok. I guess I need to start trying to learn. I know Malice can do it so maybe I should hire her to be the video editor. I wish I could afford to hire someone. I was talking to my biological Mom, and she said I looked like a deer in headlights in my Youtube videos LOL. I’m getting more confident, but I just can’t do scripted videos that quickly. Especially if there is a lot to say. I’m better when it’s just in-the-moment commentary. I feel like my main issue is going to be filling dead air but then again, it’s not live so I can edit those parts out. I think I’ll initially do better on the podcast than on the Youtube channel.

I hope you all will tune in to everything we have going on. If y’all have anything you want me to talk about feel free to reach out. I want to see what you guys what to hear more about. Maybe I can even get some of you to come on the podcast or Youtube channel. Well, the kids are finally sleeping and I need to get started on the next tasks on the list and try to get to bed soon.

Unapologetically,

K