650,000+ trees. I planted them all by hand. Most of them in the rain, bent over a shovel, on hillsides across the backcountry of BC. It's the hardest physical work I've ever done. Some of the best years of my life. At some point I realized I wasn't moving forward. Work hard for a few months, burn through the money by November, spend the winter broke, do it all again next spring. Nothing to show for it except an aging body that was struggling to keep up with production. So my partner Chloe and I made a decision. Two years in Mexico and Central America learning skills that we could use to work online. We didn't know what we were doing but we knew if we never made that leap, we'd be back in the bush every spring until our bodies couldn't handle the work anymore. Now I help Skool community owners grow with paid Facebook traffic, so they can spend their time on the work they actually built their community for, instead of grinding for new members every day. Very different from a planting bag and a shovel. But the reason is the same: build something that keeps growing when you stop working. If you're building a community and tired of the growth being so laborious and slow, I'd love to connect.

We don’t say this enough… Sometimes just showing up is something to be proud of. Even if no one sees it. 💬 What’s one thing you’re proud of right now?