There and Back Again: Returning to Seattle

Rob Collie records his final episode from the cozy, sound-dampened basement studio where over 170 Raw Data conversations have taken place. With moving boxes waiting to be loaded onto a truck bound for Seattle, Rob reflects on his unexpected 15-year journey in the Midwest—an adventure filled with personal challenges, growth, and life lessons that only make sense in hindsight. What started as a sudden and overwhelming shift became a series of hard-earned lessons that shaped not just his career but his entire outlook on life.

In this episode, Rob explores the universal nature of those journeys where we step away from the familiar, confront unexpected challenges, and return changed. It’s not about grand, heroic feats but about navigating uncertainty, learning as you go, and finding meaning in what’s hard. Rob shares candid moments of struggle, success, and everything in between, offering reflections on fear, growth, and the reality of being human. This isn’t a story of perfection, it’s a journey full of wrong turns, lessons learned the hard way, and the humility that comes from embracing both the light and dark sides along the way.

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