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. --- 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

Shoutout @DrBetsy Meshbesher for answering!

lol watch as much as you can free yarders before I delete this post

When were you born… and when did you really spawn into the Yard? #Your Birthdays! Alright Yardlings… gather up. Propeller hats on. Juice boxes in hand. Today we’re doing something special. This post is getting pinned inside the Birthday Corner of the Yard so it lives forever like a sacred slop scroll. Drop your dates below. Yes, both of them. 1. Your IRL birthday. 2. Your Skoolyard Rebirth Day (the moment you realized you’re actually meant to build, play, create, and stop letting hustle culture cook your brain). Because in the Yard… We don’t get born once. We get born twice. 🌱 Birth One The day you loaded into this world. Cried a lil bit. Leveled up to human. Standard stuff. ⭐ Birth Two (the real one) The day you realized you are more than pressure. More than numbers. More than expectations. More than the “you should be crushing it by 20” nonsense. Your rebirth is the moment you remembered: • You’re allowed to build slow. • You’re allowed to laugh. • You’re allowed to start over. • You’re allowed to have fun again. • You’re allowed to belong before you succeed. The Yard isn’t about chasing perfection. The Yard is about remembering who you are when nobody is grading you. When building things actually feels like recess instead of homework. That feeling you get here… When your nervous system finally goes “ahhhh ok I’m safe” That’s your realization moment. That’s your rebirth. 🧃 So drop it below: Your birthday: Your sign: Your Skoolyard Rebirth Day: (the day you felt seen here for the first time) Bring the lore. Bring the vibes. If you dont know your exact rebirth day just guess the week you felt your shoulders drop lol 😂 Let’s celebrate every Yardling properly. Team West, Team East, Slop Soldiers, Algorithm Monks, all of you. Let’s go. 👇👇👇

Food for thought