How modern podcast talks are jeopardizing your mental health.

Not so long ago, online podcasts were something many people were quite unfamiliar with. But now, the business of making podcasts online is growing at an unprecedented rate.

I guess the goal behind having so many podcasts is to make others learn about diverse subjects such as politics, the environment, and self-development.

This spares people from having to watch TV channels that are flooded with biased information.

Before the COVID pandemic hit the planet, there was more face-to-face conversation between human beings.

The pandemic made people more reliant on online services. We are now hearing people make doctor appointments online; others get their groceries from smartphone applications.

Therefore, many online businesses have blossomed during and after the pandemic, one of which is the online podcast business.

Have you ever come across a video with this guy on a podcast telling you about his success journey?

How many struggles he has been through. And most importantly, how many friends and family members did he stop talking to so he could make it?

Recent podcasts being released on Instagram and other social media applications are trying to make us fall into the trap of being extreme workaholics.

Do you really believe that you need to isolate yourself for 6 months and work a bit more so you can achieve what you want to?

I assume this is entirely wrong.

We go through life searching for our purpose. To search for something we are passionate about and do it to make a living.

We work to have good living standards. It is not the other way around.

We shouldn’t live to work.

That being said, when that podcast guy tries to make you abandon your parents, lose your friends, and probably ignore any sort of meaningful relationship in your life in order to succeed, please don’t listen to him.

Philosophers concluded that the ultimate goal behind what we do in life is to be happy.

So, even if you listen to what this guy is telling you and somehow make it, you won’t be happy.

I think no grown person will be happy if he or she is so desolate. Lonely to the point that he or she can’t have one genuine conversation with someone they like.

Is that what we should be working for anyway? I don’t think so.

We shouldn’t aim to be workaholics, inevitably having to suffer the collateral damage of losing the connection to our friends and families.

I suppose that we should aim to have a balanced life. A life where we spend more time with our parents. A life where we have a couple of friends we can hang out with on weekends.

A life where we can deliberately pause our work-related accomplishments for some time so we can spend more time with the people we truly love.