Why this list?
My podcast is up on listsof30.com fully hosted by Substack (free!) and RSS feed distributed across Stitcher, Spotify, Pocketcasts, Apple, and Google (indexing). It only took around 2 hours to setup, so I’ll have a separate post on my journey.
Since I’m limiting it to a short series (10-15 weeks of 5-10 min recordings), I was reading through old lists and wondering what would make good content. Here’s the lists with the high level categorization.
30 Reasons why I love Lists of 30 and 30 Principles of Writing Lists of 30 – Intro – Writing lists of 30 and why I still do it.
30 Things to be Thankful for in 2020 – Macro – This year has been crap, but there’s a silver lining.
30 Priceless Birthday Gifts – Self – Priceless birthday gifts that I find valuable
30 Year End Activities – Self – What end of year rituals do you have?
30 Micro Resolutions and 30 Micro Resolution Categories – Self – Make micro resolutions
30 Questions I’d Ask Future Clemens – Self – I wrote this back in 2014 and it’s published in my book, so I thought I’d revisit it
30 Ways to Get Cryptocurrency Exposure and 30 Ethereum Things to be Thankful For – Crypto – If you’re interested in crypto, here are some ways to get exposure in your portfolio.
30 Things Not Going Back to Normal – Macro – What’s the new normal?
30 Remote Culture Activities – Work – Remote work requires a new way of getting people involved and engaged
30 Joint WFH Tips – Work – Working at home with your significant other or crying toddler is not easy. Here’s how we approached it.
30 Names for this Era – Macro – What will we call this time period?
30 Identity Traits – Self – How do you see yourself and others?
30 Suburban Life Changes – Self (Living) – If you’ve moved to the suburbs, you’ve probably noticed these changes.
30 Ways to Evaluate News – Self (Reading) – How do you interpret the news?
30 Recurring Bills – Self (Finances) – Evaluate your bills and recurring costs.
30 Global Worries – Macro – A little glum and written before a pandemic, but a lot is still relevant.
30 Ways to Disconnect – Self – Disconnect from online and feel free.
30 Requirements for a Home – Self (Living) – Even before the pandemic, we were thinking about where to live long term.
30 Survival Skills – Self – What should you likely learn if
30 Things I Suck At – Self – What do you Suck at? Are you looking to get better or build partnerships and friendships that fill those gaps?
30 Clembot Productivity Hacks – Self – How do you become more productive? What systems are in place?
30 Fundamental Development Areas and 30 Things to Teach my Future Kid – Parenting – What areas do we look at when fostering development?
30 Non-TV Toddler Activities – Parenting – What do we do to help with reducing screen time?
30 Questions for Professionals – Work – We use this for interviewing, but also learning more about how people work.
30 Most Attractive Traits – Self – This is what I find attractive. It took a long time to find someone that checks all the boxes
30 Talents I’d Learn if I were Stuck in Groundhogs Day – Self – If you get bored, you can consider some of these hobbies or things you can get better in.
30 Conference Go-er Tips – Work – If you attend conferences, here’s what I follow for getting the most out of it. Added comments on virtual conference changes.
30 Steps Projects Become Products – Work – Walking through a typical project life cycle and how we evaluate it to add more funding and customer validation.
30 TEDx Themes – Macro – What topics and names for themes could be interesting?
30 Milestone Questions – Self – Answering my own set of milestone questions and self reflection.
Scheduling it into the Podcast
There’s a few approaches I thought about:
Special topics around holidays / birthday – Lists that can be boosted by sharing related to calendar timeliness (e.g. Micro-resolutions, Priceless birthday gifts, etc)
Stretch covering one category – 3 back-to-back episodes just on a special topic like crypto, covid, or productivity hacks
Days of the week coverage – Monday for macro, Wed for work-related, Fri for self-reflection – Requires an evener distribution of topics
Bringing in guests – Probably the hardest thing to do in my opinion (but the most worthwhile). I will see who’s willing to talk to me about this stuff.
I think I’m going to wing it. Currently working on the music intro/outro production value and getting some new equipment. More to come!
~See Lemons Get into Podcasting
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Originally posted on seelemons.com