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Hello! First off if you’re reading this, thank you so much for being a subscriber. It really means a lot to me. I didn’t think that this substack would have anywhere near the amount of success it had. I just thought this was going to be a temporary thing but now I am committed to continuing to write for ya’ll. I will be writing the substack when I’m back and until the foreseeable future.
When I initially set out to do the substack it was going to be something to do between my job on the buy-side and hiking a thru-hike. What I found and created was a lot cooler than a job and something I want to sustain and grow. But I only came to the substack because it was after I quit my job… to well go thru-hiking. And that’s going to be quite some time.
For context; I will be setting off to hike the Continental Divide Trail on April 16th. I think I will finish sometime in early to mid-September. This next month I will be using it to really mentally and physically prepare for the trial.
I have always found myself very good at single-tasking 1 big thing, but very bad at multi-tasking 2 big things. The hike is a very big thing and will be the hardest thing I’ve ever done physically and mentally. I need this time to prepare.
Substack from now until March 30
But I’m not exactly done with the substack quite yet - I want to post a few more posts to my subscribers but I didn’t want to give you a bad deal. I hate to disappoint my customers and I thought it would be unfair to pause subscriptions and stop writing. I will be finishing up with two more posts. One for subs and one in public.
Paid: Write up about ALGM / ON / IFX
Public: Some “predictions” for when I’m gone and just general thoughts on high-level trends.
I also want to make sure ya’ll have your questions answered so I will still be readily available to answer questions. March 30th I am going to kind of shut it down for the season so you’ll get 15 days of “free” support.
Substack When I Come Back
I think I’ll start slowly before I turn on the paid posts. Getting into a cadence with writing is hard for me, and I like to post once a week if not more. It’s going to take quite some time to recover mentally and physically from trail. I expect to finish in early September and have a ~month of rehabbing into normal life.
I will likely start writing and publishing by the end of September but not turning back subscriptions until somewhere in October. That way I think that everyone who stays on with me will get a lot of “free” time. Partially in March, and partially in September. I want to make sure ya’ll are taken care of and feel like you got a good deal.
I have a lot of big plans on the other side and will make a much better product than I currently do. I want to buy access to better data sources, and maybe bring more consistent editing and collaboration onto the substack. I want to post more in public for general primers, and I want to have better and more actionable ideas. It’s going to be a blast. But for now, I need to go do this big thing, something I have always wanted to do.
I truly cannot thank you enough for everyone who supported me and who will continue to support me. This substack has been a pretty special journey for me and is part of why I consider myself to be extremely lucky. I have had a lot of fun talking and conversing with many of ya’ll, but for now, I need to go do another huge life goal. Happy trails ya’ll.
- Doug O’Laughlin
Housekeeping: Substack Pause & Hiatus
Hi Mule, best of luck with the hike - stay safe! Just to clarify what you said, by questions do you mean in the comment sections below each post (like this one?)
will we still have access to the articles while its of freeze? Also, have fun on the hike. It looks like it will be an epic adventure!