Podcasting is very much a two-way street between podcasters and listeners. It’s just that the bidirectional flow of give-and-take isn’t communication-based. 

The give I offer you on Podcast Pontifications consists of future-positive, forward-thinking episodes/articles focused on philosophical questions about podcasting and ways we podcasters can work together to make podcasting better.

You take that information, consider it, and sometimes put that insight into action on your show to make your podcast better, thereby increasing the overall “betterness” for all of podcasting.

But you also give me your attention, your time, your comments, and more.

I take all of that from you and add it to my Reasons To Keep Doing This pile. And that’s a very important take.

But it’s also important for me to take a break.

Going on break for the next couple of months is good for my mental health. That means it's going to be good for you when I come back in January 2021. And yes, I’m coming back in January. 

There isn’t a direct correlation between me publishing an episode and me receiving tangible, direct monetary compensation for my efforts. 

You may not be in that situation. If podcasting is your lifeblood and you can directly correlate consistent, regular episode publishing to life-changing or life-enabling income, you may not get to make such an easy choice. 

To many podcasting pundits, taking a break from producing episodes is anathema to show success and will result in a loss of listeners. I don’t buy most of their arguments because I know my core listeners will stay. And just as soon as I resume producing regular content, downloads and reach will start climbing back to the levels they were before. 

Even though I’m taking a break from the daily production of Podcast Pontifications, you’ll still see plenty of content from me. I have some bonus content ideas that will only be shared with those who’ve signed up for a membership at BuyMeACoffee.com/EvoTerra. If you feel that promise is worth $5, sign up.

You'll still get plenty of tweets from me that are relevant to the future of podcasting or when cool new news breaks about podcasting. I’m @EvoTerra on Twitter. 

And you’ll still here pontifications on the future of podcasting right here in the feed. They’ll just be voiced by other working podcasters.

Finally, because I don’t say it enough: Thank you for listening to Podcast Pontifications. More episodes and articles from me will resume in January 2021. Here’s to your own mental health as we all try to put 2020 in our review, yeah? Yeah.

Enjoy the fresh voices in the podcast, check out all the alternate places I’ll be sharing content listed above, and I’ll back in 2021 with yet another Podcast Pontifications. 

Cheers!

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