7 on Sunday discussion

Hi Everyone,

April is our 4 year anniversary!
Firstly, thank you so much for all the support you've given in the last 4 years I've been giving these 7 on Sunday topics!

I've had so much fun with this project and I'm still love getting to do this. I'm honestly so grateful to know that community members have enjoyed participating as well.

This all being said, this was not something I anticipated announcing (not even when I posted the March topics initially). I knew that eventually 7 on Sunday would need to go on a break, but I never knew when it would happen... until this week.

I've been pretty vague on my channel about my mental health and what's been going on in my personal life. It's been really stressful and I'm quite surprised I was still able to manage posting twice a week and coming up with 7OS topics even with so much going on. I've unfortunately reached the point where I'm struggling to be emotionally attached to a lot of what I read because of how these circumstances have taken a toll on me and that will affect my desire to recommend books consistently and come up with new weekly topics to discuss until that improves.

I've decided for the best that I will no longer be pushing myself the way I have been over these months and that I will need to slow down for my own wellbeing.

And I know for some of you this will be unfortunate, but I am planning to take a break from 7 on Sunday and posting topics.

Just to confirm - this is not me saying that I no longer love running 7OS or that I no longer have a passion for it, this is just me saying that I will temporarily put it on hold because I've been unwell and I need to get better. (But hey, a 4 year run of doing this with no breaks is something I will always be so proud of!)

You might ask how long of a break?
To that I would say I will ideally like to take just a month off, but I cannot make any promises due to life being really unpredictable. This might not be a secret to some, but I personally REALLY love mid-year, end of year and beginning of year topics the most so at this point I'm willing to make sure the break will most likely be somewhere between 1-3 months.

My mid-year July topics I hope will be enough for me to get me back into full gear, but while considering May and June, I'm going to take life day by day and pay attention to my mental health before making a decision to post topics and posting twice a week during for those months.

I do apologise to those who were looking forward to the next lot of topics and I'm thankful for your support. Please be assured that I love getting to do this, the 4 years doing this has really gone by quickly because it's never felt like a burden to run this project.

This isn't goodbye, it's a recovery break.
I plan to be back and I hope that this break will result in 7 on Sunday growing stronger than ever.

A big thanks for a great 4 years and I hope you take some time to also enjoy this break and feel refreshed when we return.

- G-Swizz