297: Solo Episode: Why I’m Stepping Away from the Podcast After 5 Years (And What’s Next)

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Light Watkins

Self-improvement, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture, Education

4.9 • 960 Ratings

🗓️ 26 June 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

After five years and nearly 300 episodes, I’m making a shift. In this solo episode, I’m pulling back the curtain on why I’m stepping away from the podcast in its current form—not out of burnout, but because it feels complete. The conversations, the stories, the intention behind it all… it’s done what it came here to do. If you’ve ever found yourself holding onto something just because it’s familiar—or struggled with knowing when to move on—this episode is for you. I’ll share how to recogni...

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0:00.0	I've been letting go of things that I may have been doing for a long time around this sort of story of consistency and, oh, I'm so disciplined and I have so much, you know, I'm showing up every day.
0:15.1	And for me, that's not as much of a driving factor anymore.
0:20.1	For me, it's really more about authenticity and impact,
0:23.3	right? Am I able to express myself authentically? And am I having the amount of impact,
0:31.3	both in the external world as well as within myself, that keeps me engaged in the project. So on one hand, it looks like,
0:40.3	yeah, I'm quitting my podcast after five years. But from a spiritual perspective, what's actually
0:45.6	happening is I'm graduating from that particular expression of podcasting to going all in on this
0:53.9	other expression of podcasting to going all in on this other expression of podcasting.
0:58.8	Five years ago, I started this podcast from an Airbnb in Midtown, Atlanta, Georgia. It was
1:06.4	the middle of the pandemic. I had no studio, no team, no recording devices, just a deep curiosity
1:14.0	and a calling to tell the untold stories of the people behind movements for social good.
1:20.5	And back then, spotlighting purpose-driven people felt rare. It felt needed. And I nominated myself to fill that void. But a lot has changed since then.
1:32.6	And this week, I am excited to announce that I am pulling back the curtain on the future of this
1:39.9	podcast. And it's a decision that I didn't think I'd be making at this moment in time.
1:45.7	If you've ever wrestled with letting go of something that once lit you up, then this episode
1:50.0	is for you. This is going to be a solo episode and I'm going to talk about how to know when
1:55.9	something meaningful has run its course, why alignment matters more than consistency.
2:03.7	And we're going to talk about the evolution of this project and what I'm choosing to focus on now that this podcast is going to be coming to an end.
2:16.2	Okay, let's dive in.
2:28.7	We are back with a solo episode.
2:30.4	It's Light Watkins,
2:37.6	and I've got some major, major news for you guys today. This month is the fifth year anniversary of this podcast. I'll never forget back in June of 2020. I was staying in Atlanta.
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