Hello and welcome to the slow home podcast. This is the podcast all about living a slower, simpler life in a fast-paced world. My name is Brooke McCallory. Thank you very much for joining us. And my name is Ben McCallory and welcome to episode 178. So a few things we want to talk and discuss in this episode. First of all, the reaction from our

last Thursday's episode. My heart has been overflowing with gratitude since Thursday. When we

announced all the changes that we're going through where you know closing down jackrabbit

and heading off on a big adventure and spending a lot more of my time focusing on writing

rather than other things that i've been working on and uh the the reaction has just been phenomenal

yeah so everything i was in tears on th Thursday morning from the emails that I was getting from

people. And everything from advice, just advice on different things to offers of accommodation

and, you know, places. It's just, yeah, it's heart swell. Yeah. Even just people, you know,

people who I've never met saying like they're proud of us.

Yeah.

Which is really wonderful and kind.

And anyway, I just wanted to say thank you for everyone who's, you know, reached out in some capacity.

It certainly has had an impact.

Yeah.

Yeah, big time.

And so you've got some awesome news.

I do. I've had a great day today. Yeah. Yeah, you time. And so you've got some awesome news. I do.

I've had a great day today.

Yeah, you have.

I went and picked up the first copy of my second book, Slow, which I did speak about on Thursday's episode

and went through all the confusing rigmarole of release dates across the world.

But I actually have in my hands,

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