I Sat Alone in a Room and Spoke to the Future

I recorded the audiobook for Punching Above Your Weight myself. No fancy studio. No engineer. Just me, a mic, and a promise I made in the ICU.

The idea hit me after my dad flatlined and came back 15 minutes later. That kind of moment resets everything. You stop waiting. You stop pretending you have time. You move.

So when the book came out, I knew I needed to speak it, not just write it. I wanted people to hear the urgency in my voice. The conviction. The truth under the words.

Recording an audiobook is weirdly intimate. You’re in a quiet room with no one to perform for, just your own voice looping back in your headphones. It doesn’t let you hide. I found myself re-evaluating sentences as I read them out loud:

Do I still believe this?
Did I write this to sound smart - or to be useful?
Would I say this to someone I love?

Some lines hit harder when spoken. Some got cut on the spot. It wasn’t just recording - it was recommitting.

I kept a photo of my dad next to me the whole time. He’s still here. Still fighting. Still inspiring me to do the same. Every take, every pause, every punch of breath was rooted in that one truth: we don’t get forever.

So yeah - I sat alone in a room and spoke to the future.
Spoke to the underdog.
Spoke to the version of you who needs a jolt of clarity in your earbuds at 6am on a Tuesday.

The audiobook is submitted. It’s coming soon.
When it drops, I hope it moves you the way recording it moved me.

Thanks for being part of this wild ride.

- Ryan