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I’m Back; So Stay Ready, Because the Best Is Yet to Come.

No more pauses. No more excuses.

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Zac Small
Sep 14, 2025
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I took a step back.

Not because I wanted to quit, but because life forced me to sharpen.

I changed careers, going from teaching back to Landscaping.

My photography has reached the point where I turn down clients to keep time for the family.

When I paused this newsletter, it wasn’t out of weakness; it was out of a need to refocus and ask myself, “Why am I doing what I am doing?”

a blurry photo of a city at night

I entered a season of recalibration, and now I’m back, locked in, and ready to go harder than ever.

Now, I know you didn’t subscribe to read my excuses; You subscribed because you wanted truth, raw, direct, and unpolished.

The kind of truth that builds men, strengthens families, and keeps people standing tall when the world is falling apart is what you’re going to get moving forward.

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