Hello lovely Cottage Creatives! It's nearly the end of the day for me and the start for many of you. Life is like a rollercoaster for me - one week is calm and creative, and the next can be crazy and chaotic! On the second not much creating can happen and that's ok. I do try to invest time in learning something her on skool from the likes of @Sharon Jones who is a wealth of wisdom when it comes to skool business and I've been sneaking into @Diana Berryman's classroom too, she's just added some content which is worth checking out, and I've also been over to @Deb Boutzetis community and learnt how to make a yummy sauce! (it's a secret!). However, as far as actually creating myself, it's been a no-go zone! So, to help me thru this Crazy Chaos week, I'd love to know what you are creating or focusing on! Oh, I did dig up some little potatoes!

@Kathy Roberts shared this in the skool community a couple of days ago! Keen to know if you saw it? Well worth a read. Kathy has a Community called The Tidy Tutor! Skoolers 99+ Kathy Roberts 🔥 14h (edited) • 💬 Discussion Figured Out How Level Unlocks Work I asked Chat how to best ask this question… and instead of helping me with the wording, it gave me the full how-to, which was even better Here’s the question I had and the response given, in case it helps someone else too: QUESTION: “I love when a community leader unlocks a little surprise, a piece of content, help, or a special message at certain levels. How can I create the same thing for my members?” (*Edit: Shout out to @William Carter who inspired this, this morning when I got a guided morning meditation when unlocking a level) RESPONSE: Level-unlock bonuses on Skool are created inside your Levels settings. Here’s how to do it: 1. Go to your Skool group and click Levels. 2. Pick which level you want to unlock something (like Level 3, Level 5, etc.). 3. Add a Reward to that level. You can choose from:• Access to a course• Access to a private space• A link or downloadable file 4. Upload your bonus (like a meditation, mini class, pep talk, checklist, etc.). 5. Skool takes care of the “surprise” moment — when someone hits that level, it unlocks automatically. Thought I’d share in case anyone else was trying to figure this out too!

I'd rather be making a mess while making journals, but today I worked in my Cleaning and Declutter business for 5 hours straight! It's called Cottage Declutter & Clean, and it was a start-up initiative of mine a couple of years ago when I needed some extra $ and was feeling stressed working two jobs for 'the man'. I wanted to be my own boss. I decided to work for me - and it was as easy as that! I put a photo up on FB and started telling my cleaning story! I'm good at it, really good, so I thought, why not get paid for it? Next minute, I had myself a fully fledged business, one that I can take with me wherever I go! Soon I'll be offering a one-on-one call for anyone who might need a little encouragement and some help getting started. It could be as simple as taking what you have in your hands right now, and you could be making an extra $ to. This was the simple photo I used on FB with a quick post, and the next day I had my first job and here's one of the journals that also provide income! So not only do I hold a feather duster, but I also have these journals, and sweet cloths I create in my hands too!

https://amzn.eu/d/31cl5JX I can’t believe I did it ! My first book written and illustrated 🥳🥳🥳

I’ve been noticing something interesting happening since stepping out into this Skool venture! Has this been happening to anyone else?