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The Moment I Knew I Had to Slow Down
Scott Lynch
May 26, 2025
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Hey there,
When you find something you love—something you’d do even if you hit the lottery—it’s easy to blur the lines between passion and obsession.
That’s exactly what happened to me six years ago when I stumbled into podcasting and content creation.
I launched my first episode without a strategy, business plan, or even a decent mic — just a gut feeling and one question: If money didn’t matter, what would I do every day?
My answer? This.
At the time, I had a great job—high-paying, exciting, and full of travel—but I was spending a week each month away from my family and sometimes driving over 400 miles a day.
Even with unlimited money, I realized I wouldn’t keep doing that.
So, I started building a new path—recording episodes, launching a second business, testing, failing, and iterating.
And doing it all while still juggling my full-time job.
Progress was slow. It took years before I could walk away from my 9–5.
When I finally did, things got serious. I had saved up a cushion, but not an endless one.
If this didn’t work, it was back to a desk and a long commute.
So, I went all in.
Head down. No distractions. Just deep work, consistent episodes, building a team, and saying “no” to everything that didn’t move the needle.
Then, one episode of my podcast popped: 8 Life-Changing Lessons from Atomic Habits.
It went viral—and with it, everything changed.
It was thrilling… until it wasn’t.
Suddenly, the stakes were higher. Success brought a new pressure: What if I can’t keep this up?
On a short day trip with my wife Mel, she looked at me and said, “Oh my god… you have to do this every week… forever.”
And that realization hit like a ton of, well, podcast equipment.
Entrepreneurs glamorize hustle culture, but the grind can sneak up on you, even when you love what you do. And I do love this work. It fuels me.
But I was heading toward burnout without even realizing it.
For six years, I’ve dropped two episodes a week, every week. I’ve built a company from scratch, made big creative bets, and patched a thousand fires.
Most weekends, I worked through them.
The problem wasn’t the work—it was the pace.
The sprint had turned into a marathon I forgot to train for.
Slowing down doesn’t mean caring less. It means caring smart.
It means protecting your health, your sanity, and your ‘why’.
If we’re doing this for freedom, then burnout defeats the purpose.
We can’t be our own worst boss.
So here’s your reminder: You don’t need to earn rest. You just need to schedule it.
Have a wonderful week, all.
Catch you next Monday - Scott (@motivatedscott).
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