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  Hi, welcome to The Pulse. I hope you're doing well. My name is Julie, I'm your host, and today in this episode it's actually our last episode of Prodmas. It's episode number 12. I'm recording a bit ahead as I did for the prior episodes, so we're actually the 19th and this episode will release on the 23rd. And I wanted to use this last episode In the next five to ten minutes to recap a little bit how PodMath went because I think it's important to recap but also use the opportunity to talk about lessons learned and about what this experience has been and how can I reuse it also in other contexts. I'll start very specifically when it comes to the new format of having this happening more often. but on a smaller format. So usually, as you know, I do episodes of like 20 to 40 minutes, sometimes less, sometimes more. And now with PodMast, I did episodes of like 5 to 10 minutes. But instead of releasing every two weeks, I released every two days. And I thought it was a lot of fun. And this worked very well when it comes to topics that require less lengthy discussion. so for example in the case of looking at my top three lessons or looking also at a topic around the fact that I wanted my to-do list to be empty those are good to be short because they don't require a full talk of 20-30 minutes so at least that's my opinion but I think I was liking to have that format for those topics I could also have combined it all in one episode in some ways but it was a it was a fun experience overall I would say. Now... I think the fact that I had to release those five to ten minutes every two days was challenging. And it's not even challenging when it comes to editing, because since I worked ahead of time, I already had edited a few. And then I used my weekends to edit. I got sick, of course, which didn't help. So I was unwell for a few days. So I didn't get as much opportunity to do what I wanted to do. But I think I kept up pretty well with the editing. So now... Today on the 19th, I have to edit the episode of the 21st and this one. So I feel a bit ahead, but not too much as well. So we'll be editing later. But the difficulty was actually more on the social media piece because that requires me a bit more time. I'm not yet fully comfortable with the elements of camera and editing to make the reels entertaining or to being able to decide what to cut and what to put. on social media because I know I cannot just really the whole episodes on Instagram so it was a bit harder for me to decide on the cut and to decide which pieces should go in and this is where the challenges begin because I ended up struggling to keep up with having the the social media piece live at the same time as the episodes and even I'm smiling because right now episode was just released and I don't have the reels yet so I will work on it and most likely will release the reveals or the social media content today or tomorrow. I'm trying not to be too worried about it, but it's just the piece that my brain wants to have everything done at the same time, but it's not catching up. So yes, it was a bit challenging from that angle. I do recognize that the fact that I don't do this full time and I have a job on the side made it for sure very difficult to keep up also with all of this. But it was a fun challenge overall, and I'm happy to have done it. I'm happy to have taken the opportunity to view, does this work in different format? Does releasing on different day impacts in any way? People watching, people listening, people engaging with it. I also used the opportunity to release at an earlier time just to see if there was any changes. So I know that for myself, I usually start driving to work at 7 a.m. So I thought if it's a weekday episode, why not release it at 7 instead of 9 on Sunday? So this allowed me quite a lot of trials and a lot of fun opportunities. So I would really recognize that this PodMass was quite an interesting and challenging but fun context. And now I don't want to spend talking only about my own feedback or my own reflection. on the episodes because that's not only the goal. But... In the context of doing that, I learned sometime creating a challenge in that setup of having something more regular and quicker can be an opportunity to learn about yourself, learn about the routine you create, learn about what works, what doesn't. And potentially, you need for sure at the end of like a, I would say a period of time. And that was good with it because you know It lasted not a full month, but roughly a month, like three weeks or so to do this. And that was a good period where I felt I could challenge myself, try things out, feel that there was some pressure, but not too much. And after that, having the moment now to reflect on what I learned from it, what worked, what didn't, and being able to use the opportunity to potentially change on the regular routine, something that I would like to change or to evolve. based on my learning. One of the other learning that I had with Podmas was how to be more efficient with my podcast. And one thing that I couldn't put in place due to the limitation of time was to create an intro and an outro already ahead of time that I could just plug in instead of every time having to edit this format when it comes to the music, et cetera. So you might see some changes into next year, but I think it was... very much a realization that happened because of that more smaller format on a more regular basis and to see the workload for those pieces being higher than before. So it was really truly an opportunity for me to learn from that setup and that format. So in the same context, when you do a task that potentially you don't do on such a regular basis or you do, I don't know, twice a months. And you do it for a couple of hours, maybe it's going to look small on that setup. But then when you go into a more regular, smaller period of time setup, then you might see, actually, it's taking more time than expected. That task is actually a routine. It's actually something that you could automate to reduce the workload by creating some form of automation, basically. So I'm grateful to have done Potmas. I think It's not going to happen next year. If I do, please stop me before I actually mention it. Or if I start mentioning it, stop me. Because it's really hard next to a day-to-day job, to a full-time job to do this. So I would really more go back to that more regular but less often format of having my every two weeks episode. I guess this is our last chat. for 2025. I hope you like, still, even though it was hard, as I mentioned, I hope you like Podmas Format. I hope you like the podcast. I have to say that I'm very proud of having it done this year. I'm looking ahead and I have a lot of topics planned for 2026 as well as bringing some guests next year. So I'm starting small and we'll figure it out along the way. And yeah, I think I'm ready for a bit of a break. I will definitely still record some episodes during the holiday in order to have them ready for already the 4th of January. So thank you for listening to Podmas, to these episodes or all the others that you've done before. Thank you for all your support in 2025. I much appreciate everyone who has listened to any of the episodes. I wish you all a very nice holiday season. And we see each other in 2026. I wish you a very nice day. Bye.