Hi. It's been a while.

Wait, hold on. Let me do the thing.

In this episode, we're going to talk about where I've been.

Get excited because this is tiny leaps.

Big changes.

Big changes. Big changes. I'm not going to lie.

It actually felt kind of good doing that.

It's been a minute after doing that for roughly eight years, seven-ish,

seven, eight years. And then not for the last year. I dig it. I'm into it. Anyway,

I don't know if there's anyone listening to this. It's been a while, so, you know, I don't blame anyone for

unsubscribing, no longer listening. Why would you? There's nothing to listen to. If there happens to be

a couple of people listening, hello, thank you for being here. What am I doing here? I think

is probably the big question. Everyone has.

And that's a good question.

So over the last year, one of the things I talked about in my wrap-up episode last year was a big part of what led me to feeling like I no longer enjoyed this. I no longer enjoyed the show, no

longer enjoyed the industry. A big thing that led to that was this sense that all I can

really do is talk to a microphone. You know, we're covering, or at least we were covering really big, important topics

on this show, things that have massive impact on people's lives. And there was nothing I could

actually do to solve the problems. Really, all I could do is talk about it and maybe leave somebody feeling a little bit more hopeful

about where they're going or a little bit more realistic about where they are and feeling like

well you know what my current situation might not be great but I can at least move forward one tiny leap at

a time. That's what I was trying to do. And for a while, I think I did that. But over the years,

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