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Budgeting Time for Audiobooks and Podcasts

Posted by Sean | Posted under Audio | May 11, 2008

Lately, I’ve been listening to a ton of audiobooks and podcasts.

(for details, see the Library)

What I have not done (yet) is budget my listening time. Probably since there has been so much of it, due to iPod gadgets like a car adapter and docking speakers. If anything, I’ve gone through droughts of not finding enough financial podcasts. Or rather, not enough good ones. But after a recent research project for this blog, I will have enough financial podcasts to keep me busy for a long, long time… to the point where I need to figure out how many of them can fit in the time available.

for starters,

- Audio Budget -
Low High Activity Details
3 hours 3 hours Drive, Work 3 days per week, 30 minutes each way
1 hours 5 hours Drive, Other 60 minute trips to gym, misc. errands
1 hours 2 hours Dog Walking 30 minutes is typical, 1 hour is possible
0 hours 30 hours Work, Home depending on type of work being done
5 hours 40 hours TOTAL  
- Audio Categories -
Importance: High to Low Description
regular rotation - shows podcasts of consistently high value
regular rotation - news time-sensitive info that will go stale
must-listen audiobooks requires big blocks of listening time
new (to me) podcasts for testing and regular ‘trading-up’
irregular rotation ehh… if i get to them, i get to them

Now I need to figure out all the content — daily, weekly, bimonthly, monthly, sporadic — and list it in order of most important to least important.

Any last-minute recommendations?

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