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On Sunday 9th July 2023 the Undefinable Community was born.
Built on the foundations of the Mastery In Your 20s group I’d assembled since the start of the year, it’s taken on a life of it’s own since 10 of us lit the flame of community by spending 3 days camping together in the South Downs.
It’s evolved from a me-to-everyone approach to an everyone-to-everyone equal ownership model that’s unlocked a real momentum and enabled us to do so much more in the last month than I could ever have dreamt of myself.
Things are really starting to heat up.
We’ve had jacuzzi boats in Canary Wharf, co-working together in Soho, an Undefinable podcast launch and our very first beautifully designed merch drop all in just the last month.
And it’s starting to get very exciting indeed.
There’s literally something new popping in the group chat almost every single day. Whether it be a new member joining the 23 of us so far, one of us organising an event or just a useful conversation on building a third brain, each one is adding to the energy of the group in an awesome way.
It truly feels like the early days of something special.
So, in today’s diary I wanted to reflect on the steps it’s taken to get here, the lessons I’ve learnt and the plans I have for the community going forward.
Finding the Right People
At the heart of every community is people.
And even though it’s felt like an instant vibe for all of us who attended either the March meet-up or the July camping, actually discovering the awesome individuals to invite along has been a work in progress for many years.
In fact, I’ve been unknowingly discovering them since I was 18…
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