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"JoClub is an acronym that stands to mean Journaling Club, but also can be referred to as the name of my own." Jo Franco begins. "When I started writing, I was aware of this immense emotion, and the fact that my siblings were older who were not keen to hear about my tale. Thus, I started writing."

"I was a child who lived in the shadows, hid from authorities, and speaking Portuguese and also studying English through a maze," she said. "I acquired a variety of languages because I was always awed by getting recognized. Meanwhile, I was very disregarded due to being an unusual child. My look was distinct from the other children. I was the youngest child and had the quietest. Voice, quiet persona.

"Of course I'm not able to see in the future I'm sure that's the case. However at the time, I was in agony of 'Why am I misunderstood I'm not understood? ', and many of us go through exactly the same experience."

Happily, Jo used the skill of writing: "I had a more than a friendlier relationship with myself just observing without judgement. I had written all this negative stuff, but I am aware of the good things that were happening within my own life. I could alter my writing, not just the words I wrote, however I began to reverse engineer how I see things because I was drawn to reading positive stories. The key was to focus on positive aspects to find positive things for writing about. I began to be more positive. I was able to be more positive."

Understanding the context

While attending college in the University of Manhattan, Jo was overwhelmed by the volume of voices she was fighting with. Jo was able to find a place in her journal. "It was not a matter of whether I was within the States or was traveling to different countries, I utilized this journal to permit me to come back to myself.

"My "why" is to provide people with the belief that "You're going to be fine, no matter how ugly the situation gets. In addition, you'll have the ability to assist yourself emotionalally, it's also also lovely to document your experience - since writing it down is an gesture of appreciation for the fact that it began to take place. Your identity is always in self and your own ideas."

"There's scientific evidence to back this claim," she says. "There are clinical trials of the use of writing in aid to medical treatment. The patients who document their gratitude are more content."

"Give your brain an opportunity to breathe. Release the weight from your thoughts and then put it down on paper. When you write about the negative things, you give yourself distance, which allows the reader to analyze it without emotional response. You can get caught in an emotional trance by our emotions. They're the primary cause of all things; in the core of self-confidence and at the base of charisma, and at the core of walking into the room, and then having the ability to draw the attention of good luck."

"Maybe it's a member"

Jo was certainly a part of many positive things in the year 2020. Thanks to her YouTube channel that has over a million users, she was paid to travel. "I lived this thrilling and public lifestyle, however, in the background, I was writing. It was the core of me. All I did was writing."

In January 2020 She booked her first Netflix job as the presenter for The World's Most Amazing Vacation Rentals. "It was a move away from YouTube and into the traditional style of presentation. If you've ever had the privilege of being on a production setting, you know that these times are very long. It's 16 hours, and an endless cycle of 'Hurry up and sit'. You're ready to go in the morning: hair, makeup, and all is done. There are lines written on your mind that say, "No no, it's only a joke. We have to pause""

Between those pauses, often lasting for long periods, Jo would write. "Writing was something I loved which is the reason I wanted to develop it into profession." After covid came on and the show aired, her main source of income stopped.

"I felt anxious like everyone else. I began sharing pictures of journal entries. The next day was 100 days and I had journaled publicly through Instagram Stories. I thoughtto myself "Hey it could be perhaps a subscription' people would like to join within a room online with me and be journaling together in a group. This is how JoClub was born. It was just 4 years back. This is insane!"

In on the Netflix series, Jo realized that journaling was a lens through which she was able to see the world. "It was much more than just the pursuit of an fascination. If you're on the road for a couple of days, you're fatigued. It's easy to get caught with something totally unrelated with what you're supposed to be paid.

"You recognize, "This is how I understand the meaning of my existence. It's an approach to life. It was evident to me that if I put aside all other things, the only thing that I cannot remove from my life is my writing. It was crucial for me to integrate that into the next phase of my professional career."

Her work is bigger than she can imagine.

Jo was inspired to participate in her work. "I was required to upload three videos per week, in three different languages. I was required to hire people to be fired, then resign them. I learned how to create an automated content system."

But, there was something that needed to be altered. "I didn't want to always do. If you're exhausted, or worn out, which is common among creators and you're tired, you'll never be successful in earning money. I've realized that, if this is a career I'm planning to continue for quite a while, I'll have to come up with how to shield my eyes off of many opportunities to make cash."

Jo decided to make something that was bigger than she. Journaling clubs started off by launching it on Zoom: "The membership started at just $19 per month, and included an online call every month, and I'd email daily journal prompts to all email addresses."

She imagined a curatorial process that was similar to the yoga classes. Two prompts were provided, then the discussion. Two more prompts followed and breakout rooms. "It is IP (intellectual property)," she recalls. "After an interval of six months I started asking myself, can I train facilitators on how to conduct these events? Actually, could these facilitators benefit JoClub by ways that I not before? Participants wanted to "extract the goodness" and work with JoClub's facilitators, once participants of JoClub in the creation of an artistic journaling process, also known as which is a "bring your own music" event to budding musicians, and many more.

"Now there are 6 sessions each month, and I'm hosting as many as I want," she continues. "Beautiful events that I could imagine happening never been initiated, such as retreats that I run and even did an experiment at a school and are working on a variety of topics. I wouldn't have managed this if I had remained in Jo Franco's team with me as the leader."

Communities and Culture

"An intriguing part of membership is that you create the culture" she adds. "If somebody's paying for a membership, it's your house, and that means you're able to decorate your home in the way you want." Jo and her team have explored ways of creating discussions that are more engaging so that "people have conversations in community places, which makes them believe they're getting the value they pay for."

"It's what differentiates an audience and a member," she adds. "An audience is likely to respond to what you're posting however it's not necessarily one-way dialogue. If I share an image and somebody comments and I reply, but with a community that I curate, I'm involved in the actual structure of the community starting from the time they join and join."

Jo is thinking a lot about onboarding and how we treat newly joined members. "How can we reduce the negative impact of walking into a room not knowing anybody? It is moment to concentrate on the preservation of culture, which will keep members throughout the years."

It's not as easy. "It's something you have to feel passionate about to make your members' membership is an ongoing affair. If you don't pay attention to the information and don't take note of it, you'll be losing every member of your group."

It's clear that Jo is bringing the compassion and self-awareness gained through her journal into how she runs her group. Actually, she believes journals assist us in becoming more conscious of who we are. not taught as kids: "We're not given tools for dealing with our feelings. Tools can help you save yourself whenever you're struggling to find your footing. It was difficult for me comprehend these benefits. It was a great pastime. As I grew older, I began to realize, "Damn! this has been my secret""

When people ask 'Jo, you're only 30years old, what did you accomplish all of this? I've recently done a blog about it, and everything was fine," she laughs.

More information

To find out more about Jo Franco and to become a part of JoClub, visit, go on joclub.world.

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