When I first joined Skool, my ranking was somewhere deep in the thousands.
I had no idea what I was doing.
I was learning:• community building• posting• engagement• AI tools• branding• visibility• confidence
At first, I thought success meant being online every second, commenting nonstop, trying to keep up with everything and everyone.
But something shifted recently.
Tonight, while I was laying on my bed with my little dog Pepe after cleaning the house, helping my dad, and taking a break from constantly pushing…
…I checked my community and realized my rank had climbed to #128.
And the craziest part?
It happened while I was finally starting to loosen my grip a little.
Not from panic. Not from desperation. Not from trying to force everything.
Just consistency, connection, creativity, and genuinely caring about people.
I’m really proud of the community forming around Photography by Cristal: grandmas, musicians, filmmakers, entrepreneurs, authors, creatives, men who never thought they could look good in pictures, women rediscovering confidence… real people.
This journey is changing me as much as it’s changing my business. ✨