Hi everyone, I’m new here and wanted to take a moment to introduce myself—this is actually my very first post on the platform. If this isn’t the right place to post this, I sincerely apologize. I recently started a YouTube channel centered around psalm music, with more creative ideas I’m excited to share as time goes on. I definitely have a few surprises in store as the channel grows. If you’re interested, feel free to check out my channel. I’m excited to be here and look forward to learning from all of you as I continue this journey. https://www.youtube.com/@PsalmSoundWorship Thank you!

Hi all! I'm Kevin from Sydney, Australia. I've just joined the group so thought I'd say hi and introduce myself. I recently turned 60 and joined Skool at the end of Jan this year. Trying to find full-time work has been extremely frustrating and demoralizing - it's just incredible how ageist companies are, so Skool is now the route I'm going down. Since the beginning of March I have launched my community (Pattern Skool) and recently just created my YouTube channel. It's my first time creating videos and I'm learning the (many) ropes as I go. I am a self taught pattern designer (I can create designs you see on wallpaper, giftwrap, fabric, upholstery, etc.), and this is what my Skool community is based around - teaching beginners and creative hobbyists how to create patterns. The aim of my YouTube channel is to try and drive traffic to my Skool community, with a view to eventually making money with my community (being completely honest here!). I film tutorials for my channel on how to create patterns on an iPad using various applications. Anyway, that's a brief intro of myself. I look forward to exploring this community in the next few weeks.

Challenges come in different forms and sometimes we might prevent ourselves from moving forward. I’m pleased that YouTube has given me an opportunity to grow my visibility and extend my reach. This is especially true in my retirement years during these hard economic times. I also thank you for giving me the opportunity to share my updates and this additional tidbit of information. Since I can’t always make it to the Coffee Chats, I wanted to touch on this topic with a personal video. I had to change my YouTube frame of mind in order to gain confidence. This video style will be edited and adapted to be more suitable for a specific audience. It’s still a learning process for me. I hope that this example will be somewhat helpful to anyone on this group who does not know where to start. 💓

So I did it, started the new channel I've been wanting to do for ten months. After so much procrastination and a lot of fear and self doubt, I made a video, it's short and a bit rough, but real, It took me 3 days to find the courage to upload it. I've had a really tough week and now feeling a bit worried that I won't have the energy to do my second video and keep up the momentum, which I think is probably needed in the beginning. I've been afraid to tell anyone until now., but it's been such a crap day in many ways, I thought well, what have I got to lose!!! Anyway if anyone wants to see it and lmk what you think it's here... man it's a scary business!

This is the thumbnail for my latest video which will be uploading at 1am UK time. All opinons are welcome. @Paula Stewart your input is especially welcomed 🙂