Yo, Nic here

Decided to go back to my roots and add a good ol' gif this week. 

For the last few weeks I've been pondering to myself on how I was going to write this, but I thought the best way was just to let it flow in the natural "Nic" way of things, so I'm going to do just that! 

After 71 consecutive issues of sending out The Slice, I've decided that it's time for a change and a new face will commandeering the newsletter. This decision is not something I have taken lightly, but has been about a month and a bit in the making. I'm currently in this very weird transition period of my life where I've said goodbye to the previous version of me and this new version of myself in now culminating into the man I hope to become. With this comes a new career and new life path that both scares me and excites me at the same time and I felt that now is maybe a good time that I let go and make room new projects and ideas. 

I'm the type of person that will always have some project going on, and boy do I have a backlog of so much cool shit that I want to do! The Slice was originally just a lockdown experiment that became one of the best decisions I've ever made. Not only did it teach me so much about people but also about myself and what it really takes to create a micro business and how to succeed at it. 

So what's going to happen to The Slice now?

Absolutely fucking nothing!

I've decided to pass the torch onto Jonas. He's both a creator and also a founder. We connected way back towards the begining of the year and we share a lot of the same values and vision, and I know that he will take the newsletter to new heights, something that I know he can do a lot better than I probably could have. I will stay on as an advising editor, so I'll probably pop up from time to time, but I'm super to stoked for the future and for what Jonas has in store for all of you guys. He'll be introducing himself to you in next weeks issue 👌

But dont worry, I won't completely drop off the map as I do have a personal newsletter over here if you'd like to stick around and follow my journey.

Cheers 

- Nic 

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It's creator, David has been a good friend since the inception of The Slice. If you're looking for a taste of how the old internet used to feel like, give this newsletter a read for a taste of nostalgia.

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