I didn't purposefully intend for this blog post to drop on this blessed day. Some blogs I plan out a week or more in advance. Others are more spur of the moment, something that sparked a thought in my mind. This one was planned.
In fact, I had another one in mind, one that has been generating a bit of news throughout the publishing and financial community, but decided to put that one off for a bit.
If you've been reading this blog for quite some time, you know that once every year or so, I go on what I call a "podcast fast." This is where I completely distance myself from podcasts--or dramatically cut down on the number of them. My goal is to be able to listen to all of the episodes that drop in a single week. But there are only a handful of weeks where I'm able to do this.
Hence, I question on what I find value in.
Finding value is the barometer in which I select not only my podcasts, but even podcast episodes and other content. Some of a more Christian nature I will listen to the majority of them. But given how people have become in 2020, especially since late May 2020 and even leading up to the U.S. Election, I have cut out a number of podcasts. I even tried to listen to a podcast that had a political view much different than mine, just so I could diversify my knowledge. But when I found their facts as grounded as wet sand, I didn't find any value in it and unsubscribed.
I have two measurements in which I consume content. Does it have value? Or is it fun? Or both?
If it's something I find value in, I will latch onto it. If there's no value, I question whether or not to consume it. Chances are, I dismiss it and move on. There is too much going on for me to waste with mindless drones--can anyone say mainstream media? Yup. No value there.
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