Goodbye For Now

Hey there,

Well… this feels a little weird to write.

When I started making content with my podcast and this newsletter, I didn’t have a plan.

I didn’t have a timeline.

I definitely didn’t have expectations.

I was mostly just trying something and seeing if I could follow through.

Seeing if I could quiet the voice in my head that said, “Who do you think you are?”

I had no idea what it would turn into.

I started recording under my basement stairs…

On a TV tray table. With the cheapest mic I could find.

(Which, if you’ve ever heard those early episodes of my podcast… yeah…)

At the time, it felt like stepping into the unknown, which sounds romantic now, but back then, it mostly felt uncomfortable.

And awkward.

And like I didn’t know what to do with my hands.

If you’ve ever tried to do something unconventional, you know the feeling.

You push through creative blocks, doubt, and people questioning you.

And even when you have support, you’re still largely on your own.

You make the decisions and you live with the consequences.

Somehow, over the years, this thing grew.

About 7 and a half years.

Roughly 600 episodes.

Around 9 million downloads and views.

Just under 12,000 minutes recorded.

Which is… 199 hours. (Or, about 8 straight days of me talking.)

I wrote over 5,500 pages of scripts.

Built an audience of more than 130,000 across Spotify and Apple.

Coached hundreds of people.

Interviewed dozens of guests.

And I’m incredibly grateful for all of it.

The emails, the messages, the people who told me they felt a little less alone because of something I said.

That part still blows my mind.

But somewhere along the way, something shifted.

I noticed I didn’t really want to narrate my life anymore.

I didn’t want to turn every experience into an insight, every feeling into a takeaway, and every quiet moment into content.

I caught myself thinking about how I’d explain something while I was still inside it, and that’s when I realized I wasn’t fully present.

I was documenting.

It wasn’t bad, it just wasn’t what I wanted anymore.

The truth is, I’ve been “on” for a long time.

Before this, I ran my first freelance business over a decade ago.

And if I’m being honest, I don’t think I’ve taken more than a week off since.

I always told myself I’d do it next year.

Or after the next milestone.

Or once things felt more settled.

And somehow, that moment never arrived. Until recently.

This chapter just started to feel complete, like closing a loop.

I still love creating.

I still care about ideas.

And I still believe in intentional living.

What’s changed is what I want my attention on.

Right now, that’s my family: my wife and my daughter.

Basically, the parts of life that don’t need explaining to matter.

It’s also my other two companies, work that feels grounded.

Long-term.

Less performative.

And honestly, I want a quieter life.

Not what excites me.

Not what looks good on paper.

But what I can actually sustain when life is busy, imperfect, and quiet.

I don’t see this as quitting or disappearing.

It feels more like taking a step back because I want to make sure I’m still choosing this, not just continuing it.

So this is goodbye for now, not goodbye forever.

Probably.

There are still ideas I want to explore, people I want to talk to, and things I want to make.

But for now, I want to walk at my own pace without feeling like I need to explain every step.

If there’s one thing I hope you take from this, it’s permission.

Permission to step back.

Permission to question momentum.

Permission to choose quiet without needing a reason.

You already know how to listen to yourself now.

So… yeah.

That’s it.

For now.

I’ll see you soon.

– Scott