🧃 A little plot twist on my “mission”

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28d (edited) • East 👑

click to return to the classroom 👉 #🦢 Why You’re Here

When I first wrote my origin story here, I said I was building a Skool community that promotes 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩𝘺 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱, talks openly about mental health (esp. for young men), and helps you build a profitable Skool on the weekend.

I talked about my 6-month depression, my ACL tear, my agency failing, and how I never wanted anyone in here to get to the point where I was. That post was me kind of bleeding on the page so the Yard could exist.

Lately I realized something deeper about what I’m 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 building…

and I wanted to share it with you guys first.

--- #🦢 Why You’re Here

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐘𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐢𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐚 “𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬” 𝐈’𝐦 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠

I thought my superpower was “systems, Skool tactics, DM flows, prompts, bla bla.”

But looking back at that post, and at all the comments from you guys… I see it now:

> I’m not really building a business.

> I’m secretly building a 𝘴𝘢𝘧𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 for the version of me that got crushed by hustle culture.

The Yard is my way of saying to that kid:

“hey man, you don’t have to be perfect, or rich, or ‘crushing it’ to be allowed to build something cool. you’re already enough. let’s just play with this and see what happens.”

And I think a lot of you are here for that exact reason too, even if we don’t say it out loud.

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𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐘𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 (𝐈 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧’𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬)

The Skoolyard isn’t a course, it’s a playground for builders, dreamers and meme-makers.

We don’t climb ladders, we build swings.

We’re anti-guru, anti-grind, pro-recess.

But under all the juice boxes and memes, there’s this deeper thing:

* It’s for people who tried “make money online” stuff and felt dumb or broken when it didn’t work

* It’s for people who’ve been depressed, burnt out, or just quietly disappointed in themselves

* It’s for people who want to build something real **without** having to pretend to be a hustle robot

If that’s you: you’re literally the main character here.

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𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 “𝐣𝐨𝐛” 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐘𝐚𝐫𝐝

Same mission as day one, just with more honesty:

1. Learn how the Yard works

2. Make a few friends

3. Hit Level 3 and get your story into the lore

But now I’ll add a secret Step 0:

> 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐩 𝟎: Decide that you’re allowed to try again… without shame, pressure, or pretending.

If the Yard can be the place where you feel safe enough to try one more time, in a way that feels fun and human… then honestly, that’s the real win for me. The money stuff is just the scoreboard.

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If you feel like sharing:

👉 *𝘞𝘩𝘰 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳?

Like, what version of you (past or present) are you trying to help when you show up here?

You can drop a long answer, or just comment:

> “I’m here to feel safe trying again.”

Either way, thanks for being in this little world with me.

I meant it in that first post and I still mean it now:

I know you can be more, but you are enough already. 🧡🧃

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