I'm Leaving California

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Let's get into today's programming.

This is Chris Albert, and I'm here to remind you of one thing. Someday, you're going to die. Now that's not some morbid statement or scary idea. It's solid fact. Your time here on this earth is limited.

And we need to be reminded of this as much as possible for one simple reason, to live your best life while you can. This is the Warrior Soul podcast.

What's going on guys? This is Chris Albert with the Warrior Soul podcast and to be honest with you I didn't have a set plan when I hit record. I just had the need to reach out to you to talk with you and as with a lot of things that I've done in my life, you know, this podcast I'm always learning as I go along. I'm learning more about you, my listeners. I'm learning more about life.

I'm learning more about everything. The past few weeks it's been absolutely crazy. It's been insane. The Covid-nineteen shutdown, the pandemic, the chaos that's ensued because of this situation has been absolutely unreal. I don't think any of us thought on 01/01/2020 that this year was going to be like this.

But here we are. And you know when in times like this it's easy to lose sight of things. And right now I'm actually in the process of moving. Just before the COVID-nineteen pandemic happened, I got a notification from my landlord that said, hey, he wants to move back into the house and that he wanted me and my girlfriend Shauna to vacate. And you know at first I was crushed because I absolutely love this place.

In so many ways me living in the house that I'm in coincides with the creation and conceptualization of this podcast. Right? This is where I recorded the first episode. This is where I recorded every episode after that for five straight years. And there's been a whole lot of growth in that period.

There's been a whole lot of lessons learned. There's been really, really great days, and and I'm not gonna lie, there's been some really, really bad days. But what I want you to understand here is that I have gotten as much or more out of doing this podcast as I think many of you have. And I hope I'd like to think that those of you who listen regularly are getting a lot out of it, but I've learned so much. I've learned so much about people.

I've learned so much about success, I've learned so much about our community, the veteran community. And you know, I think that in times like this, times when the world seems like it's being turned on its head, it's more important than ever for communities like ours. People who've done what we've done, people who've seen what we've seen, people who know what life can be like at its worst, and who know how precious life is, it's important for communities like ours to take a stand. That's been a lot of my focus over the past few weeks. I'm leaving California.

I getting out of this state and I know that California has its own connotations, own conceptions. I've enjoyed living here. I love the land. Nature here is absolutely gorgeous. I love the mountains.

It's one of the most beautiful states that I've ever been in, one of the most beautiful places I've ever been in. At the same time, it's also one of the most governmentally mismanaged places I've ever been in. And it's a very tough place to run a business if you're a small business owner. It's a very tough place to try to get ahead. And that's not necessarily because things are tough business wise, it's because there's a lot of limitations that get put on small businesses here.

A lot of tax obligation and for those reasons and others because I'm I'm doing some other things where I'm going, but for those reasons I'm leaving. I'll be heading to the state of Florida. I'm gonna settle in in Fort Lauderdale, and I am taking a position with a company, a really outstanding company out there. And what I want you to understand about this is that, you know, though those changes are occurring, this podcast is gonna continue. My commitment to you is to continue to publish as much or more than I was before.

And, you know, that's because this podcast has become the most important thing to me. This is what I want to leave here on this earth. The big thing as far as the podcast goes is that I truly believe in the work we're doing here. I truly believe in empowering the veteran community to show up as the wisest, strongest, most capable versions of themselves in the civilian world. I truly believe in the power of this community to transform this country.

And you know I didn't always see it that way. When I first started this show I didn't quite understand the amount of work that would be involved. And had I known how much work it would be, I probably wouldn't have started to be honest with you. But as I've moved forward, know, there's been months when I thought nobody was listening. Where I look at the stats, the analytics, and it seemed like there was a problem.

Was this thing getting out to people? Was there some sort of glitch? And then just every single time when I thought about stopping the show, every single time when I thought, you know what, maybe it's time to hang it up, I would get a message. And that message would be from a veteran who had been in a really bad place, who wanted to reach out to me because they'd listened to an episode and the episode helped them in some way. And it's something funny.

This is why I believe in God. Can call it God. You can call it a higher power. I call it God. This is why I believe in God.

Because, like I said, literally every single time I thought about hanging it up, there would be a message there for me. And every time I got one of those messages, it it gave me new power, new new energy to continue this mission. And that's why I can't ever stop this show. That's why I can't ever quit the Warrior Soul podcast. Because I know that this is my mission here on this earth.

And it doesn't matter to me whether I'm broadcasting to millions of people or thousands of people or just a few 100 or a few dozen. To know that my words and the content that we produce on this show, that the interviews that so many awesome guests have graciously given here on this show, to know that those are helping you. That that's everything to me. So I just want to say this, know, I've said it before, but I want to say it again. Thank you. Thank you for listening. Thank you for sticking with this show. And thank you for spreading the word.

Like I always said, I don't care if you spend a dime with me. I don't care if you spend a dime on Warrior Soul. I don't care if you buy a t shirt. Don't care what you do in terms of monetary value. But please continue to help spread the word and continue to tell people that this show exists.

Because we're on a mission here, and we are going to continue to empower the veteran community and continue to work to make this country great for us, for our kids, and for future generations. Thank you guys so much. For those of you out in Florida, feel free to reach out. If you're in Fort Lauderdale, definitely reach out. I'd love to meet up with you guys when I get down there.

And I'll be talking to you guys soon. Get out there and live your best lives while you can. I'll be back at you soon with some more awesome content. And I am out.