On Podcasts
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A week or so ago, one of my Twitter friends mentioned something about listening to a podcast, to which my responce was “Am I the only person who doesn’t listen to podcasts?” to which I got an response from several people saying @ nikkiana Yes!
I thought about why for a good long time. Ultimately, it’s not the podcasts themselves. I have plenty of podcasts I’m subbed to that I have the good intention of listening to, (Lime ‘n Violet, Pointy Sticks, to name a few) but just never get around to it.
I’m convinced it’s the environment in which I have to listen to them in. Ideally, I see podcasts as being good for when I can’t do anything else…. For example, driving and talking a morning walk would be ideal times (in my mind) to listen to podcasts. For me, sitting around the house working, or even knitting, are not good times to listen to podcasts. I try, and within the first 10 minutes, I generally turn them off because they’re too distracting to whatever else I’m doing.
That said, I think I might actually go out and buy a cheap tiny mp3 player just so I can be motivated to actually take morning walks so I can listen to my podcasts.