Daily(ish)

I talk about a habit I’ve noticed in myself: when I ask questions, I often tack on two options, as if I’m narrowing what someone can say (like “today or tomorrow” or “fun or a letdown”), and I recognize it’s a bit like telling someone what they’re feeling. I reflect on other conversational patterns I notice: people who don’t wait for answers, never ask questions, or say they’re wrapping up and then keep talking, partly because editing podcasts makes me hyperaware of these things. 
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Host
Chris
I edit podcasts so you don't have to. I live in Saskatchewan so you don't have to?

What is Daily(ish)?

Challenging myself to record a podcast episode a day for my 50th year on this planet.

Hello and welcome to Dailyish
for August 25th, 2026.

I'm publishing an episode every day
for this, my 50th year on the planet.

I might change that wording
because I'm not recording an

episode every day, but anyways.

We won't let pedantry get
in the way of a good time.

Something like that

Something I've realized and noticed
about myself lately is how often I'll

ask questions and include a binary
option for the person, as if they

might not realize what the possible
answers are, either that I accept,

I guess maybe, or that are possible.

I'm sure there's some sort of
psychological name for this.

Like, are you driving up to the lake
today or is that happening tomorrow?

Did you have fun at the party
or was it kind of a letdown?

How's your new job?

Is it working out the way you
hoped or has it been frustrating

working with your new boss?

That last one was so close.

I could have just stopped after
new job, but I had to keep going.

and before you get worried, I don't
hear other people when they do it.

I don't really seem to hear it in other
people when they ask questions or not.

I notice people who ask questions but
don't wait for answers, or people who

never ask questions, or especially people
who tell me what I'm feeling about a thing

after asking me how I'm feeling, which is
kind of what I'm doing when I'm presenting

the options, but it's maybe slightly
kinder because I don't force you into

one option And eventually I think I stop
talking and wait for the person to answer

But it does sometimes make me wonder
if more people should hear themselves

talk, like doing a podcast maybe or
videos, or if they could hear themselves

in conversations with other people,
would they recognize how often they're

not really being kind in conversation?

I don't know if any of us really are
able to do that kind of self-reflection.

I know I'm great at doing, uh,
self-reflection for other people in

that area And especially when editing
podcasts for people, I can see, like

there's a person who says, "Okay, I'm
just gonna wrap this up," and then

they continue talking for 10 minutes.

Or, "I wanna let you
talk about this thing.

I'm really curious about your thoughts
on this thing," and then they never

actually get back to the thoughts that
they're asking their guest to talk about.

Or even just like time codes of the
amount of time one person talks versus

another person talks on a podcast.

These are all things that I notice
and kind of bleed into real life

where I maybe sit and overanalyze
a conversation happening around

me with a group of people.

And I probably need to remember to just
relax is really the key in conversations

with others and not think of them as
podcast episodes to edit Or worry about

what other people who are listening
to this conversation might think about

because it's literally just the people
in the room, not like 4,000 people

that are gonna download it later and
be annoyed that I didn't edit out

what someone said in the conversation.

So in summary, how are you
doing with this episode?

Did you like it?

Did you hate it?

Those are your two options.

I've learned nothing.

If you got comments or questions about
the podcast, something you'd like me

to talk about in the future, you can
feel free to email me chris.enns,

that's E-N-N-S, two Ns,
chris.enns@gmail.com

That's all for now.

Thanks for listening.

Hope you have a great day.

Bye