Hey everyone, Ben Cumber Radio, this is a very short, probably quite a tinny in terms of the audio podcast.

Firstly, just wanted to apologise that there was no podcast last week and that there is no podcast this week.

This is the first time in eight years I've ever missed a show.

And I was pretty organised before Christmas, Tom covered for me, had a guest, etc.

But then it came to Christmas, I'd had my second child still suffering with long Covid.

And life is just busy on a personal level.

And do you know what, I felt bad for a minute.

And then I thought, hang on a second, I've committed to this podcast for eight years.

And I'm proud of that. And you know, I'm at a point in my life where I just have to say to myself,

look, I can't do this right now, I don't have the capacity for it, I don't have the creativity for it.

And you know, thoughts entered my head of like, oh my god, I don't want to do the podcast.

Perhaps I should stop doing the podcast, perhaps I should give it up.

And I'm like, now hang on a second, this podcast gets 30,000 downloads a month.

Like people obviously want to hear the stories that we tell, the education that we try and provide, the insight that we try and deliver.

And at the moment, I just need to give myself some space.

And perhaps that is the premise of this show, perhaps this short podcast is just about allowing ourselves to have the space to do whatever it is we need to do.

And you know, perhaps this is a point in time to maybe have a brief chat about this.

Here we go, here's a podcast already.

You know, there's a lot happening in the world.

And as the world still sort of rives with the pandemic and its effect on so many people in so many different ways.

You know, perhaps we're all at a point in our life where we just need a little bit of space for stuff.

Some of us, you know, maybe not some of us are in a position where we can go, gun hoe, in a really good situation.

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