Before We Go on Break... Thank You! (Patreon)

Wanted to take a moment before the team closes up shop for the holidays to thank everyone for the crazy amount of support that was shown towards myself and the Second Wind team over the last few weeks. Having The Escapist ripped out from under us was terrifying and I’ve only just gotten to process it.

I put an unhealthy amount of my time and life into rebuilding that brand. It was the thing I was most proud of in my life at the time, and so getting tossed to the wind after all that work… well, it took over a month to let those emotions out is what I’ll say on that.

But with Second Wind now underway, the team and I couldn’t be happier with how things have turned out.

The amount of support has been unexpected and incredible, and knowing how differently this all could have gone means none of us will ever take this opportunity for granted.

To my team that either got fired or followed me out the door - thank you for sticking by me and believing in not only me, but each other that we can do this. We built something special together, and I’m thankful every day that we’re getting the opportunity to continue that.

To everyone that has supported us monetarily, shared our work, or just left us a message of support. Thank you.

The past month has been stressful obviously, but your excitement and encouragement has far outweighed the stress and pushed us forward.

We’re taking the 23rd of December - 1st of January off, but we’re excited to get 2024 started! We have a few more videos scheduled to go out during break, but for the most part we are pencils down!

Thank you for believing in us and putting your support in us to give us our second wind.

Cheers!

Nick Calandra

Editor-in-Chief of Second Wind