Definitely not something I want. Definitely something I’m working on. Definitely not something I want to label myself as… but I know I just fricken did… So last night I went to a local live music event with this new EPIC man in my life who’s from here in Bali. Not a big concert or out like that. Just local musicians, friends, beers, good vibes… and I was like… right… bite the bullet, Mimi. Go and do something uncomfortable for once instead of making excuses, u got this eeekkk I could already feel the anxiety brewing before we even left. Thirty minute scooter ride… and I’m already overthinking shit a lot Then we walked in. It was this bigish warehouse space. All the lights were on. Maybe 25 or 30 people sat around tables drinking arak and beer. 𝗔𝗟𝗟 𝗺𝗲𝗻…. Ekka knew people straight away. A few came over to say hello. He introduced me. Obvs there’s a language barrier because I don’t speak Indonesian (gotta sort this out..note to self) and then my brain just went… 𝗦𝗛𝗜𝗧. I’m the only girl here. 𝗦𝗛𝗜𝗧. I'm the only bule (that's what they call us foreigners here) here. And then… oh my dayz… I spiralled. Like PROPER fcking spiralled. The only way I can describe it is... imagine walking into an arena where U don't know a SINGLE person. Everything's unfamiliar. Everyone already knows everyone else. And it feels like there's this massive af spotlight following U around the room. Like everyone can see u. Everyone's looking at u. Everyone's judging u... even though they're probably not pfffttt That's exactly what it felt like. 𝗜 𝗳𝗲𝗹𝘁 𝗦𝗢 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗱. 𝗜 𝗱𝗶𝗱𝗻'𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗮 𝗯𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗲𝗻. 𝗜 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗰𝗸 𝗶𝗻. What do I do with my hands? Do I put them on my hips? Behind my back? Do I smile? Am I smiling too much? Am I standing weird? Why am I just STANDING here? Then it got even more ridiculous because my brain clearly thought, "Let's throw absolutely EVERYTHING at her while we're at it." Why didn't I wear my Vans? Why have I got sandals on? Why am I wearing shorts? I should've worn trousers. Do I look like an idiot? People are gonna think... who the fuck is SHE? Why is she here?

OOOFFF… right… I’ve just sat and PROPERLY gone through the SKOOL GAMES Q1 results, and I’m not even gonna pretend this was a quick skim… this was one of those “there is A LOT here and I need to actually slow down and LOOK” kind of moments… because when you start clicking through communities, founders, links, activity, pricing, you realise very quickly… this is not as simple as it looks on the surface… AND before I even get into this… let me say this clearly so there’s no weird energy around it… this is NOT me saying anything is right or wrong, this is NOT me calling anyone out, this is me looking from the OUTSIDE IN with curiosity and asking… what patterns can I actually SEE when I remove assumption and just observe what’s in front of me… Because when you do that… things start to reveal themselves… 𝗦𝗢 𝗙𝗜𝗥𝗦𝗧… 𝗟𝗘𝗧’𝗦 𝗧𝗔𝗟𝗞 𝗔𝗕𝗢𝗨𝗧 𝗪𝗛𝗢 𝗜𝗦 𝗔𝗖𝗧𝗨𝗔𝗟𝗟𝗬 𝗗𝗥𝗜𝗩𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗦𝗘 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗠𝗨𝗡𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗘𝗦… One of the first things that hit me was the amount of 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗠𝗨𝗡𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗘𝗦 that are not being run day-to-day by just the founder… I’m seeing multiple admins across the board… 3 admins, 5 admins, 15 admins, … and that immediately shifts the narrative because what you might THINK is “this one person built this” actually looks a lot more like a 𝗧𝗘𝗔𝗠, 𝗮 𝗦𝗬𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗠, 𝗮 𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗨𝗖𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘 that is keeping things moving… Now again… not good, not bad… but important… because if you’re sat there comparing your solo energy to what is essentially a machine with multiple moving parts, then you’re not actually comparing like for like… and that matters when you’re looking at growth, activity, and results… 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗡 𝗪𝗛𝗘𝗡 𝗜 𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗘𝗗 𝗗𝗜𝗚𝗚𝗜𝗡𝗚… 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗜𝗦 𝗪𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗘 𝗜𝗧 𝗚𝗢𝗧 𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗡 𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗘 𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚… Because when you actually go into these communities… The Photo Project, Pro Gig Academy, F The Gurus, Eternal Life Tribe, AI Video Bootcamp… different niches, different energies, different messaging… but there was a VERY consistent thread running through a lot of them… These are NOT brand new… We’re talking testimonials from 2025… existing proof… established messaging… audiences that have clearly been building over time… so this idea that these are just fresh communities that popped up and won… doesn’t really hold when you look closer…