Happy holidays, and a Substack pause

The Main Thing is to Keep the Main Thing The Main Thing

Dear friends,

Thank you for your support of this newsletter in 2024. It has been a privilege to write to you, and I would like to thank you for reading extra bits about our podcast topics, and a myriad other things.

I read Greg McKeown’s Essentialism in 2018 and took its central premise to heart. That the Main Thing is to Keep the Main Thing the Main Thing. This means, don’t have too many things on the go at once. I have since then taken on a lot of things simultaneously, Sam will be laughing at the idea that I don’t take on more than I can cope with at any one time. However, I occasionally realise that a commitment to certain things is too much, and a pause is wise.

I am studying for a MSc in Science Communication and Public Engagement with the University of Edinburgh at the moment, with the year 3 dissertation deadline towards the end of June. In order to ensure that my writing is for that deadline, I’m going to pause this newsletter until I have handed in. Then, I hope to be back! Please remain subscribed, your normal service of a couple of posts per month should resolve in late 2025.

Walk the Pod podcast will continue as usual, you can follow along via our Facebook group, Instagram page, or even join the Patreon if you would like behind the scenes sneak peeks of life behind the scenes at Walk the Pod. You can currently see all the chaos of our house move on there, in 20 pictures.

A very merry Christmas, dear Podpals, and all the best for a happy and healthy 2025. I look forward to resuming regular posts once my deadline is done, and can’t wait to bring you Series 53 of Walk the Pod starting on Monday 13 January.