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In episode 2,270 of The Almost Daily Podcast, I’m talking about something I keep relearning in different areas of life.

When in doubt, simplify.

I have spent a lot of time experimenting with podcasts, formats, ideas, and different ways to organize everything under Your Level Fitness. Some of those experiments worked really well. Others changed, evolved, or eventually disappeared. But that process helped me get much clearer about what the podcast network is actually supposed to do.

I now have the podcasts organized into three main categories.

The first group includes the frequently released shows that reinforce the bigger Your Level Fitness message. These are the podcasts where I talk regularly about building a forever active lifestyle, appreciating yourself from the inside/out, trusting yourself, and applying those ideas to health, fitness, personal development, and everyday life.

The second group is made up of problem-solving podcasts. These take the YLF approach and apply it to a specific obstacle or question. Some of these may have ten episodes. Others may eventually have dozens. The goal is not to keep producing episodes forever just because the feed exists. The goal is to create a useful resource around a specific problem.

The third group includes conversation and interview podcasts. These are the shows where I bring other people into the conversation, cohost with someone, or create space for people to share their experiences and perspectives.

A number of the problem-solving podcasts are already being built now and will begin releasing publicly starting January 1, 2027.

I also talk about why experimentation should not automatically be labeled as failure. A lot of what we call failing is simply the process of figuring things out. You try something, learn from it, adjust, and keep moving.

That same approach applies far beyond podcasting.

Make a decision about the direction you want to go. Stay connected to what you actually think and feel. Give yourself room to adjust. And most importantly, learn to trust yourself.

You do not need to have every answer before you start.

Sometimes you just need to keep experimenting until things become clear.

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Episode Description

I used to roll my eyes a little at awareness days.

A lot of the time, it can feel like people post statistics, share something for a day, and then everyone moves on. But I have started looking at awareness days differently.

Sometimes an awareness day is the first reason someone gives themselves to talk publicly about something that matters to them. It can be the push to share an experience, tell a story, or bring attention to something they have lived with personally.

In this episode, I talk about Cerebral Palsy Awareness Day, why I have changed the way I think about awareness days, and why I believe you do not have to wait for a designated day or month to talk about something that matters to you.

I also reflect on my dad's experience with ALS and why I know ALS awareness is something I will continue talking about in the future.

Your story does not have to be perfectly packaged. You also do not have to share anything you are uncomfortable sharing. But if there is something meaningful to you that you want people to understand, you are allowed to talk about it now.

Social media gives us the ability to share experiences in ways that can help other people feel seen, understood, or less alone. It can also help us process and make sense of our own experiences.

If something matters to you, you do not need to wait for an awareness day to start talking about it.

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It is important to have a plan.

But that does not mean there is one set path for where you are going.

In this episode of The Almost Daily Podcast, episode 2,268, I talk about why having direction matters while also accepting that life is rarely linear.

This podcast itself is a perfect example.

It started as a way for me to share thoughts around eating and exercise, mostly for clients.

I said I would never do interviews.

Then I started doing interviews.

I spent months testing things before I ever really put the podcast out into the world.

And now here we are, more than two thousand episodes later.

That is how life tends to work.

You make a plan.

You move forward.

You take a step back.

You move sideways.

You get stuck.

Then you adjust.

And eventually, you figure out what the next step looks like.

I also talk about why fitness can be such a useful place to practice this.

You learn how to trust yourself.

You learn how to build consistency as a skill.

You learn how to keep moving without seeing immediate results.

And eventually, you start realizing that those same skills can carry into other areas of your life.

You also do not have to do everything on your own.

We all need help at different points.

That does not take anything away from what you have accomplished.

So make the plan.

Do the research.

Take the work seriously.

But do not take yourself so seriously that you cannot laugh when things go sideways.

And do not get so attached to the original path that you miss the one you are creating along the way.

Look back five years.

Is your life exactly what you thought it would be?

Probably not.

That does not mean you are lost.

It means you are still figuring it out.

And you will keep figuring it out.