By: Kenneth E. Boone, Sr.
Greetings, and Happy New Year! This year promises to be one for the ages in so many ways. I’m thrilled to lend my voice to the conversation, and grateful that you chose to join me for the ride. I'm Ken Boone and this is my Podcast, “MUCH MORE TO SAY”. My plan for this year is to publish new podcast episodes each Wednesday, as usual. Then, I’ll edit the episode scripts into blog posts that I’ll publish each Friday. I wish I could take credit for this clever strategy, but I just ripped it off from several online “how-to” articles and videos. Since this is a new strategy that I’m adopting, I do expect some bumps along the way. However, in keeping with Resolution #1 for 2024, making my podcast and blog complement each other is a sure-fire way to “work smarter”. In recent years, I used to avoid taking deep dives into controversial topics, particularly religion and politics. That’s odd, because my resentment for the church I grew up attending was at the heart of my first podcast, “From Grievance to Gratitude”. It took 45 episodes for me to get over that resentment, but it’s all behind me now. This podcast was started in response to all the craziness surrounding the 2020 election, the “Big Lie”, and COVID-19. Times were so challenging that a lot of families and friendships were irreparably damaged. Fortunately, I avoided any online brawls. For 2024, I will not be afraid to share my opinions, honestly and respectfully. The stakes are just too high to stay silent. Now that I’ve rediscovered my love of sports, I think it’s a good idea to include more of it on this podcast and in my blog. I happen to have very strong opinions about sports and their impact on society, both positive and negative. In fact, I would often get into shouting matches with total strangers defending my positions. Nowadays, picking random fights isn’t the smartest way to make friends and influence others. Because I live in the Greater-Charlotte area, I now root for our two professional sports franchises. Unfortunately, both Charlotte teams happen to be awful. So, for the time being, I’ve shifted my attention to college football just in time for bowl season. I don’t have a particular team that I’ll be rooting for. I guess that will have to be a game time decision. What I could do is put on my amateur scouting hat and try to determine which players I see have the talent and fortitude to make it to the next level. In some of my blog posts, I like to share bits of information about my family. While I don’t see them nearly as often as I should, I couldn’t be prouder of them. But for my sanity, I’m positioning myself where I can observe them from a safe distance. That way, I can objectively sing their praises. Saturday, January 20th will be my 66th birthday. I’ll probably celebrate it in my typical low-key fashion. Depending on the weather, it will either be a sit-down breakfast at either Cracker Barrel, or take-out from Marco’s Pizza. I’m not expecting to receive any gifts other than the gift of living to see yet another birthday. I honestly didn’t think I’d be around long enough to get Social Security and Medicare. I’m saving my birthday wish for next year, in hopes that my guy gets inaugurated for another term in the White House. I remember years ago when I was part of the labor market. The most important software program we used was a spreadsheet application called Lotus123. It was the industry standard at the time. Then along came Microsoft with a glitchy, but powerful little program called Excel. One of the arguments for companies switching to Excel was its ease of use. For the actual users, that was the chief complaint. Yes, it was easier. It was also more logically constructed. But we were so used to the quirks of Lotus that we never thought we could learn something new. That’s where I’m at with my new rules for content creation. I’ve gotten so used to all the extra work I was making for myself by coming up with separate podcast episode and blog post ideas every week. All the while there was a tried-and-true strategy of taking the episodes and repurposing them into short, interesting blog posts. So that’s what I’ll be doing now. While I will be relying on the podcast for the content, I will rely on the blog for the formatting. For example, every third Friday, I publish a music-themed blog post. My plan for the third Wednesdays of the month is to record a more detailed related music-themed episode on my podcast. As I mentioned earlier in this episode, I’ll be sharing my observations, thoughts, and opinions regarding the state of things that are of interest to our well-being. These musings of mine will usually occur on the fourth Wednesday of each month, and will align with my “News, Notes & More” blog posts that I’ve been publishing every fourth Friday since July 2023. I promise to share more with you on this strategy as we make our way through the first quarter of this year. My next blog post will be published on Friday, 01/05/2024. I guess you can call it a Readers’ Digest version of this episode. Since I’m new to this strategy, please bear with me while I work out all the kinks. In the meantime, you can still find episodes of this podcast in all the usual places, and my blog can be found on my website. Take care and God Bless, my friends. Today's Quote “The bad news is time flies. The good news is you’re the pilot.” Michael Altshuler – American Entrepreneur and Motivational Speaker
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About the HostKenneth E. Boone, Sr. is a writer, podcaster, music lover, sports enthusiast, and retired accountant. Archives
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