📆 Monday, 11 August 2025 | Meeting #008 | Social Media Business
Welcome to your Monday Morning Meeting — the operational log of how we’re building a lean, focused creative business across three verticals: a history podcast, a photography YouTube channel, and this blog, Zen Against The Machine.
Each week, we share the key results, decisions, and next actions that keep this creative company moving forward.
A Week of Recovery and Rest
Last week was about easing back into motion after a business trip and a stubborn flu. The early days were slow, but by week’s end, enough energy had returned to get moving again. It wasn’t a week of big launches, but it was one of quiet course corrections.
🧘 01 Zen Against The Machine
Last Week’s Goals: Maintain weekly meeting cadence, release July Monthly Report.
Results:
- Weekly posts maintained for 8 consecutive weeks.
- Monthly Report deferred to 2025-10-10.
- Drafted roadmap for channel goals and direction.
Key Decisions: Prepare a long-form “Vision & Goals” post, release on 2025-08-25.
This Week’s Focus: Maintain weekly meeting cadence; develop “Vision & Goals” draft to 50% completion.
📚 02 The History Podcast
Last Week’s Goals: Script progress only if time allows.
Results:
- No script progress (aligned with low priority).
- 6 weeks behind original release schedule.
Key Decisions: Move relaunch date forward from 2026 to 2025-10-03.
This Week’s Focus: Minimal script work; priority remains on ZATM and The Photography Channel.
📸 03 The Photography Channel
Last Week’s Goals: Catch up on backlog, shoot one extra video.
Results:
- No shoots completed due to illness and extreme heat.
- Minimal editing progress; editing remains a major bottleneck.
- Backlog now at 2 episodes.
Key Decisions: Start batching episodes to create a buffer.
This Week’s Focus: Resume editing and shooting; build a 3-episode buffer.
🚧 Risks & Blockers
- Health recovery from recent illness.
- Persistent editing bottleneck for YouTube content.
- Compressed timeline for podcast relaunch increases September workload.
🔭 Looking Ahead
The next few weeks will be about building momentum and slack into the system; no massive leaps, just consistent output and a clear plan.
📌 Follow the Journey
If you’re balancing content creation, multiple creative projects, and the realities of running a lean media operation — you’re not alone.
Check out our running series:
- Zen and the Art of Blogging — building a blog with purpose
- Zen and the Art of Podcasting — producing meaningful audio conten
- Zen and the Art of YouTubing — balancing growth and creativity
See you next Monday. Stay focused. Stay building.
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