Monday is here again, and if you were hoping for an early spring, Punxsutawney Phil said you're out of luck and winter is sticking around for another 6 weeks. Womp womp. BUT, there are plenty of other good things going on, particularly the addition of a few new faces in this community! Please give a warm welcome to Dr. @Ann Bell and @Grace Plata -- I have had the pleasure of meeting both of these women in real life and they are AMAZING. Dr. Ann is a chiropractor by trade and is transitioning into the Quantum Light & Brain Activation space and her work is quite literally life-changing. Grace is a fellow real estate investor who co-manages the very active and engaging Real Estate BFF community in Chicago with @Oscar Setiawan. Excited to have both of you ladies in the community! If you haven't already, please check out the Welcome Thread and introduce yourselves! 𝗦𝗢𝗠𝗘𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗘𝗫𝗖𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗜𝗦 𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗣𝗘𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗠𝗢𝗡𝗧𝗛: So, we are just 2 members shy of 50, and I am trying to actively grow this group so we can help other people get a better grasp on their finances, get their mindset right, and have a future they're excited about! 𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙢𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙝, 𝙬𝙝𝙤𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙨𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙧𝙚𝙛𝙚𝙧𝙧𝙖𝙡 𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙠 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙜𝙚𝙩𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙨𝙩 𝙣𝙚𝙬 𝙢𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙟𝙤𝙞𝙣 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙬𝙞𝙣 𝙖 $25 𝘼𝙢𝙖𝙯𝙤𝙣 𝙜𝙞𝙛𝙩 𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙙! Woo! This is a great month to do it, as we are building out the budgeting tool and everyone who joins will get free access to the budget and get a chance to shape it into the final product. Finally, wanted to give shout outs to both @Scarlett Wieliczki and @Krista Brea for taking action in their personal finance journey! I have pinned both of their posts if you're looking for a little inspiration or motivation in your own journey.

Well - I just got my annual company bonus from work and decided to use most of it to pay down majority of my credit card debt, and take $1k for savings. It feels good to get that in check but now I need to find more pockets of time to actually audit my expenses and cut out un-necessary subscriptions and other stuff on annual bill that I know is likely to hit my card in the near future. Thanks @MJ Berst for motivating me to take some financial action.

Happy Monday and a big welcome to all the new faces! 👋 @Jenn Brockman @Kristen Lavery @Adelina Rosa @Stella Sky If you haven’t already, please pop into the Welcome Thread and introduce yourself. I’m so excited you’re here and really looking forward to learning and growing together. A few quick life updates, because January has been… a lot 😅 Many of you know that at the end of last year I was finishing up recording an album that was supposed to be released this spring. Right after Christmas, though, I got some pretty terrible news (which you can read all about here). Long story short, the album is in limbo. I’ve had an initial consult with an attorney, but honestly, I just haven’t had the bandwidth to fully tackle that yet. Once the album was wrapped, I had planned to pour my energy into writing my book with @Krista Brea -- and if you’re even thinking about writing a book, I cannot recommend her community enough! The book is still coming, it's just delayed at the moment. On top of that, I kicked off the year with a 5-day liquid fast after being inspired by @Lucas Oliveira to take my health more seriously… which then rolled straight into a modified Daniel Fast. That’s a whole other story 😂 So January has been this strange but good season of resetting, cleansing, catharsis, healing, and recalibrating. ANYWAY… back to the album, or lack thereof lol... I had all this leftover creative, musical energy with nowhere to go. One of the songs that didn’t make the album kept speaking to me. I played it for a friend and, half-jokingly, she said, “You should make a musical out of this.”

Hi I’m Steve from Chicago! I help people create VSLs (video sales letters) to sell their courses and grow their Skool communities I joined Everyday Rockstars to gain a budgeting strategy and financial plan for myself, my mom and sister. Also because @MJ Berst is the very best! She has helped me host Skool IRL Chicago events and now we are getting her Milwaukee events rolling. 2026 is going to be a blast! When I’m not Skooling I like to rollerblade, paddleboard and go on random adventures all over the country. Last year was a hot air balloon, so what should I do next?

What are you fine folks up to this weekend?