Doesn't feel like a win but I think it's a small victory nonetheless! I want to share my next steps and ask for feedback from the community. For context, I'm working on a charitable giving platform focusing on donor retention, engagement, and recognition. It's called OpenGive. Think of this as a membership experience and loyalty reward program for donors. 📳 My plan is to reach out to charities before I build the backend to: - Better understand their pains with these donor-related aspect (validate my research & learn more) - Get feedback from the end-user directly - Discover other pains OpenGive can solve for charities - Invite interested charities to join the waitlist 📹 I recorded a demo video that focuses on: - How OpenGive solves donor-related pain points - How this functionality looks like - What interested charities can do to help 🫂 I'd love to get feedback from this amazing community to help maximize the chances of this being productive and successful. I'd appreciate understanding if: - The video communicates the pains it solves and clearly shows how - The video is well structured and tells a compelling story - The video is engaging enough for charities to book a 20-min feedback call with me Overall, I appreciate honest feedback, tips, and any kind of thoughts you feel are relevant. Please leave your comments and thoughts in the comments, DM me directly, or participate in a poll (or do all of that 😉). Thanks in advance to everyone who will take a moment to help me out ❤️

I recently took The Kolbe A Index (Instinct Assessment). It measures the instinctive ways you take action when you strive. "You have amazing cognitive strengths that may be overshadowed temporarily, usually due to a time of transition in your life. You’re not alone. About 10% of Kolbe A Index takers receive a Transition result. Through a process of deeper self-discovery, you can understand your natural pattern of creative problem solving known as your MO (Mode of Operation)." Looks like I need to spend more time in self-discovery as i seem to be second guessing my natural instincts. I was curious what you focus on during periods of transition

Celebrating my official first 20 lbs down in my weight loss journey, I decided to have my first cheat MEAL! A mouth-watering fried chicken sandwich with macaroni and cheese while drinking a glass of FULL SUGAR lemonade! MHMM, MHMMM! Holy macros!!! It felt so good to enjoy the meal without feeling bad or beating myself up. I used to eat greasy, super fatty foods every day; they held me together like super glue. I was only eating once a day and gorging myself because I thought that since it was chicken or meat, it was healthy. But now I can finally say that I have the freedom to choose what I want to eat and when I want to eat it. As long as I choose consistency over everything else, that’s the ultimate game changer in the end. Back to work!

Today marks a significant milestone: a whole month without “lettuce,” or 31 days to be precise. Throughout this journey, I’ve learned a lot: - I am stronger than I ever imagined - Temptations have proven to be more potent than I had anticipated, especially as I’ve progressed further; for an odd reason I thought it would disappear. - My old life continues to lure me back, but I’ve resisted the urge to succumb to its fascination. - I’ve realized the immense amount of time I have wasted by waiting or thinking I was taking action. - I’ve come to the realization that I possess the capability to achieve anything I set my mind to. - Consistency beats motivation every time. - Discipline beats motivation every time. - Action beats motivation every time. Today was awesome, tomorrow is going to be more awesome, and this week will be the awesomest yet!

Had an awesome day today! I got to visit some old friends and catch up! Eat some junk food over great conversations and a few brewskis. Today I also had the realization that I am ahead of my friends in the game of life or some realizations, but I am also behind in others. This is why we are friends, it creates balance. Insight from one leads to another’s growth and vice versa.