Hoda Kotb says it's 'terrifying' to think about her future after quitting TODAY Show

Hoda Kotb admitted it feels 'scary' and 'terrifying' to move connected from nan TODAY Show aft stepping down arsenic co-anchor.

The seasoned journalist, 60 — who announced her daze departure late past period — explained that though it was a difficult decision, she besides feels it was 'exactly right' and teased her early while appearing connected Today pinch Hoda & Jenna.

On Friday, she said of her resignation: 'Yeah, it’s scary. It’s terrifying. It’s each of those things, but it’s besides precisely right.'

And aft dedicating 26 years of her profession to NBC, she said she wants to 'fall successful love' pinch this caller section of life — romanticizing what affirmative changes it could bring.

'Whenever I made a leap, a move, a jump — it was, like, I’m falling successful love. When I moved to this town, I’m falling successful love. I’m going to autumn successful emotion pinch a place, a restaurant, a friend, I’m going to meet a boyfriend,' she said pinch hope. 

The TV characteristic compared her early to nan 're-potting' of a plant — 'pulled up by your very roots, your foundation, everything that grounds you and your roots are successful nan air.'

She wondered wherever she was 'going to land' and explained that 'so overmuch of life is decision-making.'

Reminiscing complete her clip connected nan web she said: 'When you emotion something, it’s difficult to opportunity goodbye to it because it doesn’t make sense.

'But location was thing to maine astir recognizing a highest and saying successful that peak, like, "I do not consciousness that location is an opportunity that would make this immoderate amended than it is today."

'Once that emotion hits you, it’s for illustration this is it. I don’t want to walk nan remainder of my days trying to recreate nan apical of nan mountain. It was glorious. It was unforgettable,' she added.

The starlet besides teased fans astir perchance moving toward a profession successful wellness.

'I want to activity successful that space. I want to commencement things. I’ve sewage things that are percolating wrong … but I want you guys to travel on connected nan thrust pinch maine because let’s each get better! Why not?' she said.

On September 26, Hoda shocked fans erstwhile revealing she should be parting ways pinch nan TODAY show in an affectional unrecorded explanation.

'I conscionable turned 60 and it was specified a monumental infinitesimal for maine erstwhile I turned 60 years aged because I started reasoning astir that decade. Like, "What does that decade mean? What does it hold? What it’s gonna person for me?"' she said on-air.

The Emmy victor besides penned a heartfelt missive to her colleagues who she has grown highly adjacent to during nan astir 3 decades she walk pinch nan program.

She read: 'As I constitute this, my bosom is each complete nan map. I cognize I'm making nan correct decision, but it's a achy one. And you each are nan logic why.

'They opportunity 2 things tin beryllium correct astatine nan aforesaid time, and I'm emotion that truthful profoundly correct now. I emotion you and it's clip for maine to time off nan show,' she said.