Hello and welcome back. My name is Mary and you're listening to the Prologs podcast. More specifically, the end of season one. What a long season it's been. I never thought I was even going to do seasons. I started this podcast in May of 2023. It's currently

the very end of September 24. But for reasons, I started feeling a few months ago and then I'm

going to chat to you guys about on this episode, I've decided season one is coming to an end.

So I've been talking about this for quite a while. You guys have known that the podcast hiatus was

coming up. I mentioned it on Instagram a few times. I've told known that the podcast hiatus was coming up.

Mentioned it on Instagram a few times. I've told you guys it was going to be this Monday.

But I wanted to make one more episode. And it's going to be a shorter episode because it's not really an episode.

It's more of just a recap, a catch up, and a send-off. But I wanted to chat to you guys about the end of season one and where I'm at in my life and why I'm taking this hiatus and what I hope to get out of it and what I hope to

bring to you in the future and everything like that. First off, I just want to start by saying

that if you have listened to any of the now 66 episodes of prologs, whether you're someone

who tunes in every week or you pop in and pop out depending on the episodes that interest

you, I just want to tell you, thank you so, so, so, so much. Prologs is very special to me.

You all are very special to me, and I feel like on this podcast

I have explored levels of vulnerability that I've never touched on my other social media platforms.

Prologs has been such an outlet for me. It's been an amazing way of connecting with you guys.

Through the conversations that we've had on the podcast, Instagram, I've learned so much more

about you, through the polls we do, through

hearing your feedback every week. I feel like I've truly gotten to know you all in a very special

and intimate way that hasn't happened on my other platforms. It does happen on my other platforms,

but it's just different here. It's unique here. Prologs just hit 1.2 million downloads, which is a number

that is unfathomable to me. I cannot believe that anybody at all out there in the world cares to hear what I have to say about literally anything. So the fact that that has happened so many times blows my mind, it's something I'm overwhelmingly grateful for. So if you have ever listened to the show, if you've ever left a nice review or a nice rating, or you've emailed me or messaged me or left a comment about your experience with whatever I've been talking about or anything, whether you've purchased prologues merchandise or anything. Thank you. Thank you so, so much. I am very excited about going on this break because my goal for this break is to just make

prologs better than it has been before. And so I wanted to talk to you guys about why I'm

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