Pepper, Snow, & 500 Episodes: Where Do We Go From Here?

Snow on the trees. Pepper at my side. Five hundred episodes behind me and a simple question ahead: what should the next 500 be built around? I’m leaning into one big idea — you are the hero, I’m the guide — and I want to build the next stretch of work around your problems, desires, and experiments.

Table of Contents

• 🔮 The simple philosophy: who will you be next?
• 🧱 Habits that actually stick
• 🌍 Living abroad, moving plans, and the empty nest
• 🎙️ Formats, production, and the thing you actually want
• 🧘 Meditation, fasting, and the daily rhythm that fuels creation
• 🧠❤️🦠 Mind, heart, gut and the time that feels different
• ⚡ Final invitation
• ❓FAQ
• 📬 One last ask

🔮 The simple philosophy: who will you be next?

Short version: instead of aiming to live the same life again and again, what if you chose to reinvent parts of yourself? The framework I keep returning to is StoryBrand simplified into seven steps:

• Hero — you with a challenge or desire
• Problem — what’s standing in the way
• Guide — someone who’s been there and offers insight
• Plan — steps forward
• Call to action — do something
• Avoid failure — don’t let inaction win
• Achieve success — the transformation

My role is to be the guide: to share practical tactics, guests, and experiments so you can try something new and become who you want to be next.

🧱 Habits that actually stick

My favorite example of habit stacking is embarrassingly simple: Pepper gets me out the door every day. The walk is the anchor. The anchor triggers the habit of recording or writing. That tiny trigger creates consistency.

Practical habit-stacking rules:

• Find an existing action you already do daily (brush teeth, walk the dog, make coffee).
• Attach a tiny new action to it (record 3 minutes of audio, read one page, write one sentence).
• Replace, don’t shame — swap a harmful habit for a helpful one (listen to a podcast instead of a cigarette).
• Make the first step ridiculously easy so you can do it in bad days and good days.

I call it create every single day. That daily discipline — not perfection — made dozens of books and hundreds of episodes possible.

🌍 Living abroad, moving plans, and the empty nest

I’ve lived in the US, France, Germany, and the Netherlands. This decade-long life abroad includes passports, visas, taxes, and the logistics most people don’t talk about until they need them. We’re planning a move to Italy; that transition touches immigration, finances, schooling, and community.

Potential practical topics to explore:

• How to move to Europe: visas, residency, and first steps
• International taxes and practical administration
• How to work remotely across countries and maintain US business ties
• Empty nest life: emotions, opportunities, and reinvention

🎙️ Formats, production, and the thing you actually want

Formats I’m considering — and please tell me which you want — include:

• Interviews and guest conversations
• Walk-and-talks or man-on-the-street style travel pieces
• More edited, higher-production walkthroughs and tutorials
• Short daily check-ins or weekly unedited ramblings

Tech and AI can help with the boring parts: automating research, editing, and repurposing content so creators focus on the creative choices. I enjoy the tech side and want to share practical workflows for creators.

🧘 Meditation, fasting, and the daily rhythm that fuels creation

Meditation is the single most useful practice I recommend. A long silent retreat taught me limits and resilience, and even the small habit of morning meditation transforms clarity and calm.

One practical daily rhythm I use:

1. Stop eating at 4 p.m. — intermittent fasting opens up energy and mental clarity.
2. Meditate early — short practice first thing (apps like Insight Timer help).
3. Create immediately after — audio, quick writing, or a short video while the mind is clear.

Start small. Even five minutes of meditation then five minutes of creating will compound.

🧠❤️🦠 Mind, heart, gut and the time that feels different

Decisions often come from three places: mind, heart, and gut. Treat those as separate advisors. Ask which one is louder for a given choice and design experiments accordingly.

There’s also a useful distinction in how time feels. Cronos is clock time — measurable and steady. Kairos is the time of flow — the moments when ideas and focus bend together. Travel, quiet mornings, or ritualized routines help you find more Kairos moments.

⚡ Final invitation

I’m building the next set of episodes around your needs. Pick one topic and one format and tell me what you want more of. Examples that help me plan: habits + interviews, living abroad + how-to guides, or meditation + walk-and-talks.

Thank you for being part of the work so far. I’ll keep creating and you keep being the hero.

❓FAQ

How do I start habit stacking today?

Choose an existing daily action and attach a 30-second new habit. Keep it too small to fail. Repeat for 30 days and add gradual increments.

Which topics will be prioritized in upcoming episodes?

That depends on what people ask for. Topics likely to appear: habits, living abroad logistics, interviews, meditation, creator workflows, and practical AI use.

Can I be a guest on a future episode?

Yes. Guests who bring clear experience, practical steps, or compelling stories fit best. Leave a short note with your idea and why it matters.

Do you publish on a schedule?

Yes. Episodes come out weekly on Thursday. Consistency matters more than perfection.

How do I begin a meditation habit?

Start with two to five minutes each morning. Use a guided app, focus on the breath, and treat it as training not achievement. Build slowly and keep it consistent.

📬 One last ask

Pick one topic and one format, then share it. That single line will shape much of what comes next. Let’s build the next 500 around the challenges you actually want to solve.

— Bradley