Talking about... what it means to be a creator.

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spk_0 My name is Randy Spalane. This is my personal podcast and I don't have a clear plan for it.

spk_0 When I went to pick a podcast category, it didn't feel like this was going to be a business podcast, nor an entrepreneurship or self-improvement one.

spk_0 I searched for the category entertainment because I thought, hey, no clear plan for a personal podcast, at the very least it may be entertaining.

spk_0 However, the closest category to entertainment was entertainment news.

spk_0 I don't think it's going to be that kind of podcast either.

spk_0 I decided to select the personal journal's category.

spk_0 So let's begin.

spk_0 Welcome to another episode of personal journals. I'm your host, Randy Spalane.

spk_0 And today we're going to talk about what it means to be a creator.

spk_0 That's honest with you. I never really saw myself as a creator.

spk_0 And I found that my experience has not been super different from other people trying to find a way to create content and then continuing to create content.

spk_0 Because it's one thing to make one episode of podcast to make one video to make one block, because he blocked blog posts here and there.

spk_0 But it's another thing to do it in a way where it's empowering to you.

spk_0 So you're not searching for this the best time hack to do a blog quicker, a video quicker, a podcast quicker.

spk_0 You're instead so empowered by what you're doing that you're going to continue doing it.

spk_0 That's what I want to talk about a little bit in this episode is how I've thought about creating and why it can be really helpful when you don't know what to say this podcast is in intro to this podcast has me talking about how I don't have I didn't have a clear plan for this personal journals podcast.

spk_0 And as I'm recording this, I'm actually also doing a second podcast called the narrative of audio experience that is focused more on how to create media, how to do an away where we're actually hitting on this topic a lot is like how do you do it in a way that powers you keep doing it.

spk_0 Part of the reason why I decided to do two podcasts though is I wanted to force myself to talk about content in one podcast and then talk about whatever I felt inclined to talk about in this personal journals podcast.

spk_0 So there's going to be some overlap as I start to see where my voice falls in the narrative talking audio experience and the range explains personal journals.

spk_0 But I did want to take time on this episode because it's an experience personal to me talk about content in the personal journals.

spk_0 So, so if you don't see yourself as a creator, you want to create content you want to start talking, but you don't know what to say.

spk_0 It sounds so simple, it sounds so elementary that that would even be a problem, but it's actually a massively common problem.

spk_0 We all want to feel like we have a voice that empowers us to inspire other people.

spk_0 But knowing we're feeling empowered about the things we're saying, are we saying something useful, something valuable, are we saying that they're saying at the right time, are we saying at the wrong time.

spk_0 It's, it could be a challenging experience and especially if you're doing on your own, it could be a solitary experience.

spk_0 So part of how I think about being a creator is that even though I didn't really, and not, I don't all the time see myself as a creator, but I like to use creating to give me a way to think more clearly.

spk_0 I'll give you an example, is that I was working with a client on how to address finding their own voice in their content and not feeling like they were strictly for lack of better words, strictly a megaphone for their organization.

spk_0 And it's a big question to answer. I mean, it's a simple question, but it's also a big question.

spk_0 If you are the person creating the content, it can be hard.

spk_0 If you feel like your words are not your own.

spk_0 So if you feel like you're the megaphone for someone else, whether that's your organization or your boss or however you got into creating content, you feel like you're responsible for someone else's voice.

spk_0 That could be challenging. So I, I tasked them with actually removing the element of filming new videos.

spk_0 And I don't actually have a timeline on how long they're not going to make more videos or see me not going to make new videos for.

spk_0 But what I believe based on what I've observed is that when you remove this video, actually, let me take a step back. Let me take a step back right away.

spk_0 There's a common stance in the content space, particularly when it comes to podcasting to keep to bring this down to earth is that if you're doing a podcast, if you're recording a podcast, you quote might as well do video anywhere.

spk_0 Now what's interesting about this is when a lot of people start saying the same thing, it's usually a good time to revisit and figure out are there certain assumptions that have been made to get to this conclusion.

spk_0 The first thing is that once a camera turns on the way you act and the way you talk by default is going to be different.

spk_0 So by nature of if you're recording a podcast as the example I've given you quote might as well record the video anyway.

spk_0 It's probably going to create challenges around feeling like you're the megaphone for someone.

spk_0 And then actually feeling like you're speaking from your voice.

spk_0 So I test my client with taking out the video element and strictly focusing on their voice and what they felt inclined to talk about so that they could find their voice and start crafting it.

spk_0 So that in the future, like I said, I don't have a timeline how long this is going to take to get that feeling of empowerment from your voice before they move into newer video creation, but getting really comfortable with your voice is going to give you a lot of flexibility when it comes to adding the video layer on top of it.

spk_0 And also when you have an audio, a strictly audio piece of content like an audio podcast.

spk_0 It allows you to it gives you one more easier way to not have to worry about the video backgrounds you have or if you're in your homemade studio or if you're getting over to a workspace in town that has a lot of things to do.

spk_0 As a studio. So all these barriers come up with video, but if you remove the video, not only do you get the added benefit of solely focusing on your voice, crafting it in a way that powers you.

spk_0 But you remove a lot of the roadblocks that come with video.

spk_0 Now, I hope this, I hope this episode gave you something to think about.

spk_0 As I mentioned earlier, this episode was possibly going to go into the narrative talking audio experience, but because there was a bit of a personal experience with me.

spk_0 With me personally, I decided to put it in the personal journals.

spk_0 So I look forward to talking to you in the next one.

Talking about... what it means to be a creator.

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