Entry 045: Your Gut Knew First

We made it to Friday, and here's the last entry of our cleaning-house week: a story about trusting your gut. While organizing all that YouTube content, I realized I hadn't put a video out in a while, not for lack of recording (I've been recording constantly), I think I just got a little burnt out. So I sat down to record one on a brand-new Circle feature, and it felt forced. I never struggle to record my videos. Turns out my gut knew something my brain hadn't caught up to yet. In this entry: Realizing I hadn't posted a video in a while, and the camera burnout behind it A PSA: do not install Circle's new getting-started checklist yet (as of recording, there are real issues) How I found out, reaching out to my contacts at Circle, and why I pulled the video Why I won't put my name on "go turn this on" when I know it's broken The real lesson: the recording felt forced because my gut already knew the feature wasn't working Something to noodle on: when did something feel off and you pushed through anyway? The Diary of a Community Builder is a daily, behind-the-scenes look at what it really takes to build and run a membership community and a community-led business. Real entries about community building on Circle, trusting your instincts, protecting trust, and the honest, in-between moments of growing an online business, without the highlight reel. Want to take it one step further? The Diary lives inside coCreator Society too. Each day's question drops in the community, you leave your own entries, and we support one another while we build our community-based businesses, together, out loud. Come join us 💛 https://cocreatorsociety.com/ ABOUT THE DIARY OF A COMMUNITY BUILDER The Diary of a Community Builder is a free daily podcast from Rachel, a Circle Expert and founder of coCreator Society. Every weekday at 6am Eastern, a new entry drops: musings, behind-the-scenes moments, and lessons from inside real membership communities and community-led businesses, plus one question to noodle on in your own day of building. It's the messy, honest, in-between of building something that lasts. For full-length strategy episodes, listen to the Community at Heart podcast wherever you get your shows.