Welcome to Digital Podcaster. My name is Dylan Schmidt, your host with the most I had to say that I couldn't skip by that. This week on the podcast is just a quick solo episode, just something that has been on my mind on my heart that I wanted to share with you. And last week we had an interview, but I mentioned in a couple episodes back that I'm going to be doing a big series of solo episodes I'll even go is to say that I am thinking about and I haven't confirmed yet, so I don't want to commit myself just in this episode. But I'm thinking about doing a podcast today. A date, not a podcast today, I am doing a podcast today I'm doing a podcast right now. I'm thinking about doing a podcast a day a day, she's in for the month of May. So I just wrapped up if you do not follow me on Instagram, please give me a follow say hello, say where you found me from on Instagram. It's at Digital Podcaster on Instagram. And I just wrapped up doing a posting a video reel called Instagram reels. I posted a reel a day for 30 days on Instagram. Not the best idea doing it in the middle of the month. But I did one of these before where I posted a reel a day for 30 days, I did that last summer, not long after actually I created Digital Podcaster. And it was really well like it worked out really well. I learned a lot just about how to make Instagram reels. They're so very similar to tic TOCs if you haven't made one before. And then I also just like found myself getting better at them. Like what makes it interesting. Because when you do a challenge like that, especially a 30 day challenge, there's so many periods where sometimes it goes by really fast. And then there's some times where it goes by really slow. And in the pressure of trying to publish something, I for some reason really feel that pressure, I really put that pressure on myself. And I really thrive under that pressure. Like I thrive under competition, or something like that, where it's even with myself, the more I if I commit to saying something especially publicly, and I stick with it. What I will say is interesting, and this is again, the topic of today. Today's podcast is consistency. And I didn't announce that I was going to like do a journal, you know, 440 days ago or something like that. But I just started it. And then I've just been going for about 430 days where I keep these streaks going. I have an app where I just mark off when I do something. And so I did Instagram real challenge last summer where I posted a video a day for 30 days, and then got that journal streak going which is 440 days, I should probably look just for the accuracy of the recording. Today is 448 a 448 of journaling just a little bit each day. And then I just did another Instagram reels, you know, 30 Day Challenge. I just love the idea of streaks because again, I learned so much about myself, I learned so much about the thing that I'm trying to get better at. And yeah, and I just stick with it. There were a couple people that reached out to me when I had posted on Instagram stories just there. And I said, you know, hey, I'm thinking about doing a posting a video a day for 30 days, if anyone's in. This is very loose, but just message me. And to my knowledge, there were a couple people that were like, Yeah, I'd like to join what do I do? Just post once one video a day doesn't matter. There's no like rules on what to say in the video or anything but just post a video today. And to my knowledge, the two people that reached out I don't think that they stuck with it. Maybe they did if you're listening and you actually did stick with it, let me know. I'll correct it. But I don't think they did. And I get it because it's it's hard. You know a few days in you're like really 30 This feels like I'm this is too much. This is gonna I'm gonna run out of things to talk about and all that stuff. But I wanted to share the real thing I wanted to share here is staying consistent anyways, because especially for creating content or creating podcasts, all that stuff in the very absolute the very idea of making a podcast today for the month of May. That just has such a great rhyme to it. Like I I feel like that's confirmation saying a podcast a day for the month of May. Wow keeps the imposter syndrome away. Oh, this has got to be a thing. This has got to be a thing. I'm I'm literally making that up on the spot right now while I'm recording this. I had not planned that at all. Although I had previously thought about doing a podcast that day in May. But I didn't realize that it rhymed, because I only had said it in my mind. Not really out loud. That's great stuff. I'm glad that was recorded. So So one of the things though that makes it even possible to think about doing something like a podcast today is the simple fact of not judging myself. Because like I said, I put that pressure on myself. My pressure on myself is just to hit the publish button. And that's it. Like, I don't judge the piece of content or thing that I'm producing art, whatever you want to call it, I don't judge that thing that's going out, or can't because I gotta hit the deadline because I want to move on with my life. Because honestly, I feel like my natural state is being a sloth. And I don't want to think about that. Like, I feel like I'm the most productive, lazy person I've ever met, like, I know, shortcuts for a lot of things as far as doing stuff. But it's simply for the fact of like, ice. I'm trying to be more bored lately. And one of the things they can do to be more bored is to like, check things off, that I want to do each day. And how do I do that is I don't put a bunch of pressure on getting things perfect. I just put them together and then put them out. So that was one way I've been able to keep this, you know, challenge going, especially the journal parts easy because no one should no one sees that. But when you make like a little video a day, even after like a 15 second video, and then you publish that with the world, like, all these thoughts come up, like, Oh, this is dumb, I'm putting my face in here again, it's people gotta be sick of me, I'm sick of me, at this point. Like, I don't want to look at myself, when I'm looking at that stuff, you know? And I know that's harsh to say, but it's honest. Like, honestly, I'm like that, does anyone even want to hear me talk anymore? That's the thoughts that are going in my head. But I'll publish it anyways. Because I know that I just can't I don't even know, I don't even know anything, I just publish it. I don't even think I you just start to come up with just whatever just publish publish publish, someone can if you posted something, especially if we're talking about social media, if you posted something, I wouldn't get sick of seeing it. If I followed you, I would just either like look at the post and then engage with it, or look at the post and move on or just move on. Like there's no, there's no, I'm not thinking about it as much as you'd be thinking about it. So looking at it from my own perspective, like, that's what I just could hope for for everybody else. And I guess it goes back to a saying I think I said it very early on. And Digital Podcaster is all I can I'll like what what podcasting and what creating content really is at the end of the day, for me, is a great exercise, and treating myself with the same amount of kindness. And I mean, just kindness and love that I treat other people's content and creation with because I think it's important to do that we would get so wrapped up and cheering other people on, we don't always cheer on ourselves. So I always see like a challenge, a 30 day challenge and an opportunity to do to do that. So if you are listening, and you've had trouble staying consistent, I wouldn't necessarily recommend diving into like a 30 day challenge. Because honestly, if it's if you're just starting out that feels like and you've never maybe made videos and you're like, oh, that kind of sounds fun. I'm going to do an Instagram challenge. Or you're a podcaster and you're like maybe I will do a podcasting challenge. All I'll say is maybe do a little bit less than 30 days. Maybe just do like a seven days, seven day challenge it. I'm telling you even seven days you're like that sounds like a lot or maybe that sounds like a little to you. Either way, it's it could feel like a lot to very easily. Stuff starts to come up. But all of that stuff, all that all those challenges teach me is like, just don't judge just publish. So yeah, so I'm really considering this, this may challenge of doing a podcast today. Because again, just like everything else, it will require me to rise to another level to because I really care about making quality content. And I don't want to skimp on anything like that. So it'll really require me to do that. And, yeah, maybe I'm like, a little nervous about the idea. I don't even understand how it all come together. But I know exactly how to make a podcast. So why couldn't I do it? There's like one podcast in particular that I think of for inspiration when I think of creating solo episodes for one, but also just for the speed and quality. And that is Russell Brunson. He has a podcast called marketing secrets. And I mean, I don't always use him as an example, when I'm talking with clients or people interested in working or just people on social media. I don't really use him as an example because there's not really an opportunity opportunity to, but he if you ever listened to his podcast, or just maybe listened to it for an example, he'll give marketing advice tips and things like that. But this dude's recording, like while he's driving. I think he started out as podcasts like that. He'll be driving he'll be like walking through a store or something. I don't know. I always hear like stuff in the background. It always sounds like he's using his air pods or like headphones that are just plugged into his phone or something. No idea, but the dude is like traveling and recording a podcast at the same time. But he gets it out and it's I get a lot of gems from his podcasts because he just gets it out. And I don't listen to every episode. But I can look at the title and kind of see is it something I want to dive into? And they're short actually they I was just looking at it and and they change a lot, like some episodes are like seven minutes. And some episodes are like an hour or around that. So I really liked that idea too. So I don't necessarily know I mean, I'm not trying to emulate exactly what he's doing. I'm not trying to record on the go. But maybe that would happen during the 30 Day Challenge in May now that I'm like talking myself more into it as I'm talking on this podcast. So that's kind of it, you know, I talked about staying consistent a bit. And those are themes that stay, I would say relevant, and a lot of things I preach. But I do think that there is an easiness that gets attached to staying consistent when you let go of getting it perfect. Like act the idea of staying consistent to me, when I hear those words, it sounds like I have to struggle, like I have to keep something going like I now I have to like build this new habit to stay consistent. And I guess that's what I'm getting at here. Because I don't, I stay extremely consistent when it comes to producing content. And the only way like I like I use the word consistency, because I feel like that's the words that people actually use, like, people will say I have trouble staying consistent. That's that's the words they'll use to describe whatever they're doing. But the only way that I've able able to maintain the level of consistency I do, is by letting go of getting it perfect. And that's kind of what I'm referring to in this episode, I guess is if you find yourself struggling with consistency, I bet it's not so much of like a action issue. And maybe you already know this, maybe I'm preaching something that's obvious. But this is kind of been new to me, the more I explore this idea, maybe it's not an ideal thing that for you, maybe it's not something that you're necessarily it's not like a tactical thing. It's not like I'm not really sure how to do this, or I don't have enough time. Because I really don't know like I don't I say this having not having kids. Also I say this, you know, with but like, you know, we all have lives and priorities and things like that. And I just show that Russell Brunson example of how the dude's recording podcast on the go in his car. So he makes it a priority because he knows. And actually the last episode I heard it was a little bit ago. But last episode, I heard him say about how his podcast has been one of the most profitable things for his business. Most people when they purchase stuff from him say they heard him through his podcast. And I think that you know, so obviously, he makes it a priority. And I study him and I like modeling different people, but I study him just like how he does things. Or I look at other marketing guys and gals. And one of the ways that I just see them staying consistent isn't necessarily about tactics or things like that strategies. It's the strategy of getting an imperfect, so they can publish no matter what. And it doesn't always look exactly the same, like the most consistent. people I know, don't publish the same exact thing all the time. Or if they do, they have some huge network, it's like, yeah, if you're a late night TV show host, you're publishing the same exact quality of show every night. But if you're just yourself, like you're just you doing the show, or just you and like maybe a couple other people, the only way you can turn up the volume is by changing the variables of the things that you can change. And that is usually length, amount of transitions or amount of prettiness you know, amount of production that goes into what you're trying to create. So just a offering something that again, I'm exploring myself, and I guess I'm not trying to commit to me just yet, because as you're hearing this, I'm actually on my first vacation in a long time. I don't tend to think the last time I took a vacation. I took a little mini one last June, actually, same month, I started Digital Podcaster. But as you're hearing this, I am now on vacation. So I'll have to give a quick update about that when I get back next week. But yeah, I'm pretty. I'm unplugging I would say I'm trying to I'm not working really on this vacation. But again, it's almost funny because some people will remove themselves totally. And I'm not trying to burn myself out or anything but like I genuinely have made content a part of our content creation, like so easy to do, because it's not like smoking mirrors and things like that. It's just who I am is who I am maybe. So yeah, so maybe I'll create a couple of things on there, but you probably won't even hear much. So that's all I got for you this week. I hope you're doing great. If you need anything, you can reach me at Digital podcaster.com emails hello at Digital podcaster.com If today also was just marking this episode, I updated the episode art you probably noticed that when for something a little brighter, I felt like it was just kind of blending in Twin betwixt, I was blending in bitwixe the shadows. I don't know if that's the right word, but I heard the word bitwixe on Tik Tok last night and I can't get it out of my brain. Like a lot of things on Tik Tok. hello at Digital podcaster.com, it would mean the world to me, if you give a rate and review, make sure to subscribe for a bunch of possible solo episodes coming out. But that's one of the things that come up that comes up. And that's probably one of the things I would share in May, if I do the challenge is, you know, I'm if I'm publishing everyday people are gonna get annoyed of hearing me, again, doesn't mean every episode needs to be super long. And I can change variables of that I could use recordings, chop them up all these different variables. I'd be super curious if if you would be interested or sharing your thoughts on doing a 30 day challenge. And even if you're listening to this after the month of May or something like that sometime in the future, be really curious what you think, on doing a 30 day challenge would be like, like, do you if you find yourself open to the idea or if you find yourself that's absolutely crazy. You're gonna ruin some? I don't know. Just super curious on your thoughts on that. So maybe send me a direct message most active on Instagram these days. But I see messages, I guess on most of the platforms, and then hello at Digital podcaster.com Alright, hope you having a great week. I will talk to you next week.