Something shifted…with help I was able to explain better what I’m offering. Shared ideas on a few groups. AND 7 new members in 2 days!

I can help with that! Creative hobbies preserve cognitive function in older age. (Neurology Journal (Roberts et al.) So pick a new hobby and practice and play and rekindle that part of your brain that needs flexibility, creativity and release. I

What do I mean? Each day, find and set aside ten minutes, I know, I know, our lives are too FULL for that but seriously? If you don't have ten minutes that you can take for yourself, there's a bigger challenge for you to look at...Anyway, what I'd like to suggest you commit to is taking the same ten minutes at the same time each day to play. What does that mean to you? For me, it's all kinds of creative things hit the 'play' part of my brain. (I’ll go into this in another day with the research by Professor Hubermann, a neuroscientist at Stanford.) When I'm on the road and I don't have all the painting bits and bobs, I can pick up a regular pen and draw cartoons of the people around, sketch the cityscape or the mountains, or note down overheard phrases and make up scenarios with them as prompts. I could hum a song, make it up as I go. Driving long empty highways could be fun with a harmonica and blasting out with the radio on high. Or taking a walk and photographing wild flowers or clouds. Picking flowers from the meadow or side a creek and setting them on the kitchen table when you get home. Picking up three stones and practice juggling. I've actually found my old juggling balls and picked them up yesterday. I played with them for a good while, remembering a year in Germany as a twenty-year-old. I was signed up at the Freiburg University and one of the classes I took was with a fella called Norbert. He taught us/me to juggle and that stayed with me over the years, teaching friends in London, in our old squats and at festivals, in Michigan, San Francisco, and Guatemala. Looking at the things that you loved doing years ago, are there any that you can pick up again? Think about ways to try to bring that one thing back into your current life. What can you do each day for ten minutes that would make you smile?

If you haven't heard, reviews went live on Skool today. My community members got the memo before I did! By the time I found out this feature even existed, I already had five sitting there. Unprompted. Unbribed. Just heart-led people doing their thing! I love how Skool is starting right out the gates de-incentivizing incentivized reviews and love that only paying members can leave them, because it keeps the whole thing credible instead of a popularity contest... But here's my one gripe. Some of the best value I've ever pulled from a community wasn't as a paying member. Sometimes the free space is the flex. Sometimes someone hands you a game-changing answer for nothing, and you'd still crawl over broken glass to tell people how good they are... except now, technically, you can't. Which is exactly why I'm still a fan of 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗪𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵 (aka: 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗳 𝗟𝗮𝗯). Before Skool had a review button, 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗪𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵 already had a whole reputation built on letting people leave reviews wherever the value happened... paid or not, one platform or five. Matthew Burns actually dropped a video right before this announcement earlier today, basically saying: cool, one site has reviews now, doesn't mean you stop collecting proof everywhere else. Don't keep your reputation in one basket. He called it early, and he's not wrong. I'm genuinely so grateful for these first five as they showed up before I even knew to ask, and that means more than any prompted review ever could. @Joe Sargent @Michelle Cyr @Lisa Drennon @Michelle Spark & @Liisa Reimann ... I see you! And I appreciate you! Go check out their words on the About page. And while you're there, I just updated the page earlier today and I'd love your honest feedback!

This post is part of my Skool Discovery & Growth Boost Tips Series. My goal is simple - help Skool group owners get found, earn more clicks, and turn more visitors into members. -- A Skool About Page can look polished... ...and still leave a new visitor wondering: Who is this for? What will it help me achieve? Words like growth, freedom, success, transformation, and community are not wrong. They are simply too broad on their own. Try using the plain words your ideal member would naturally use to describe: 👤 Who they are 🎯 What they want 🧭 How your community helps them For example: ❌ A supportive community helping creators grow and build freedom online. ✅ Educational creators: Build and monetize your Skool community without relying on paid ads. The second version is not more creative. It is simply easier to understand. That gives visitors - and Skool - clearer context about who the community is for and why it may be relevant. Quick self-check: - What would your ideal member type into Skool search when looking for help? - Can they find those words naturally in your Group Description and the opening lines of your About Page? Getting found is only the first step. Your About Page still needs to give the right visitor a clear reason to join. -- 🐬 Curious how clearly your About Page communicates your offer? 👇 Comment AUDIT and I’ll run a free DFY audit of your About Page copy and visuals. I’ll share your score, the #1 conversion fix I’d make first, and a useful summary here in the thread - so you and other Directory members can learn from the real example too.