I don’t know if anyone else will be able to relate to this, but if you can, even one person, then I want to share this for you. For the last 20 years of my life, I’ve done what I thought I was supposed to do. I went to school, studied something I was good at, got a job in a field I had some background in, and went to work doing a job I knew I would be able to do. I don’t regret it, to be clear, because it’s all come together to get me to where I am today, but it took me wayyyy too long to figure out what >>I<< needed because I was so focused on what other people thought I needed… I did a good job. I even got raises, that felt good for a few weeks each time, but it was still *WORK* and I knew it, and it was a grind. After 3 years there, I was coasting. I’ve always heard the mantra that if you do what you love you’ll never work a day in your life, and I’ve always told people that’s what *they* should do, but I never actually extended the same courtesy to myself. I started a community last year and quickly grew it to 500 and then later 1,000. That was.. neat, nice, I was.. glad? But it wasn’t my dream, so when it came true, it wasn’t a dream come true, it was just another arbitrary “accomplishment” that gave me nothing inside myself. I am finally extending the kindness to myself that I have so long told others to do… and started my real community; the one I love, the one I’d happily do for free, the one I’m a part of and not just the admin over. It has no members, of course, and STILL it feels better knowing I’m doing it right than any 1,100 members in one I was doing for money.. I don’t have any monetary success, but it is already successful in making me feel like there is a real possibility I will get to love the work I do!! I joined wingman & the cohort yesterday, and it’s changed my life even before my first call 😂😅 because I’m doing Skool for me, for my real community now, not for money, so the success of setting up my about page IS a success, because success is no longer measured in $ the community generates for me. It, the community itself, is the reward. I feel like I have been blind to not understand this, but now I see.

I've got to be honest here, I'd really love to win this Blitz thing but I have absolutely no idea what it is or how to take part in it. I'm not very good at reading stuff, so I'll probably be really embarrassed when someone points me to the classroom. Information seeking never was my strength. But, I do 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗴𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘃𝗶𝗯𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 in Goosify, so I definitely want to take part and have ago. I'd appreciate any help and tips, and also, maybe this post helps other people who feels like they should just know but were too afraid to ask. 😁

Lots of talks about GIFs but is there an actual reason behind making them other than it’s awesome to have your own gif? Does it drive traffic somehow? Please enlighten me I am very sleep deprived and yet I want to go and film my gifs I just need another good reason to go do it