You guys, welcome to, what do we call this? This isn't a bonus episode. This isn't a bonus episode this isn't a real episode welcome to this special

announcement episode of the Smushroom oh okay so before I first of all I just want you to know that I am so nervous, my hands are shaking,

I'm so nervous to like do this, but I'm doing it now, and I'm recording it, and once I put it out there, it's out there, and it just is what it is. So I want you to know before I get into anything that I'm about to say

That this is gonna feel

Super random and like out of left field but just know that I've been

thinking about this and obsessing over it and planning it and just trying so

hard to sort of craft it in a way that feels right for you for

Months now

So I'm just gonna go ahead and get right into it. I don't even know how long this will be.

It's going to be kind of short because this is just like I said, just kind of like an announcement.

If you've been listening to the podcast for a while, then you'll know that I've been teasing this like special announcement for a pretty long time.

Like several months now, like I said, and I haven't been able to talk to you guys about it until right now

And before I like really really get into it. I just want to kind of like sit down and talk to you for a second and

explain my thought process and the reasons that I'm making this decision. If you

have any questions, please hold them until the end. Don't freak out. This isn't what you think it is. I'm not like

saying my goodbyes. I'm still doing the podcast. But something major is happening and I wanted to have a real like sit-down conversation

with you about it. Nothing that I just like type out and post on something.

I really wanted to like talk to you. I'm just going to start from the beginning.

When I first started recording this

fun, I remember telling myself that this would be just like this fun, silly thing to do for like, I don't know, maybe like a year.

Maybe a year and a year and a half at the very most but not two or three and beyond that.

And I remember feeling like you know what I'm not even going to tell my friends or family about this I'm not going to even

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