Just so I have the opportunity to speak about it. And in case anyone actually cares to know:
I have three littles. Ages 11, 9, 7.
They're involved with so many things nowadays we are doing something most evenings.
The podcast appearances started as "hey, we need someone to fill all this time we have. Can you join this week and just talk about ___?"
For reasons that still amaze me, the response was fairly positive when I came on. Honestly, quite humbling to some Midwestern idiot to get the opportunity to appear on a show as large as CIS and have people ask for me to appear more often. I'm so appreciative of that and it will always hold a soft spot for me.
Then businesses/fans actually wanted to "sponsor" me to come on. Again, that is something I would never have believed anyone would want to do.
With that, all internally, I brought pressure upon myself to deliver a great product and prepare for appearances. I felt an obligation to anyone giving me money to appear to put time in and work hard.
At the same time, I was fortunate enough that my actual career had taken real steps forward and that included $$$, but also...stress.
As the CIS appearances grew, again, for reasons I truly appreciate, there was an opportunity to do more on the podcast.
With that, more stress. I decided something needed to be reduced for me to remain in balance. I chose the podcast to go.
It was my decision.
@DMoney has done so much for me and I felt like I owed it to him to tell him how I felt rather than mailing it in and impacting the quality of his show. He understood.
So now, I pretty much do it as I have time and he's stated I can join as I have time and mental capacity to do so.
Honestly, you can't really ask for someone to handle it any better than he does.
