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In this episode of The Podcast Reporter, we discuss the mode that is referred to as “monk mode.” The intro provides some humor as medieval monks who were recognized with the tonsure (i.e., hair removed from the top of their head, so that they are recognized as a monk to be educated in the abbey, but also to be recognized as a run-away monk during the pandemic of the Black Death plague (i.e., bubonic plague).

Monk mode can describe the following situations:

Like the medieval monks, the individuals were isolated in their abbeys as they performed their work all day — which could have been to write and copy versions of the Bible or other books by hand, or to perform gardening and harvesting work in the field.
Evo Terra in his podcastpontifications.com podcast show promotes the similar idea of finding yourself in the situation of isolation (as is common during any plague or pandemic);
Todd Henry in The Accidental Creative podcast show describes this more as being able to isolate yourself for self-improvement, education and training, etc. — or even to get a book written by removing all distractions and invest all the time for yourself;
Monk mode is self-isolation so that you are free from all distractions or delays, and for you to focus on your high priority.

Investing in yourself can be a good method for learning and becoming a subject-matter expert — which can then make you an expert for creative self-scholarship funding.

And now we understand as podcasters the old saying that states: “brilliant work is expensive.” This can include all the steps in podcasting — from planning, to recording, editing, producing, publishing and promoting your content in the podosphere. This can be for you what is referred to as “DEEP WORK.” And you can do this by investing in yourself .

Now that the virus crisis has given us the freedom from mobility due to the isolation or lock-down, we can then redirect the time for self-education, self-improvement and going into our own “monk mode.”

We hope that you, as a podcaster, can find the value in creating your own “monk mode” for improving your podcast steps and quality of your show.

Thank you for your attention.