I just wanted to share my win for this week. Colby and I were going over my analytics for youtube and I had 20% more views than the previous month and 38% more watch time. Im also up 100 new followers since I started to 2817. Im just getting started and I know I have a long way to go for my goal, but it is nice to see the work paying off. Good luck everyone!

Hi all! New creator here! My name is India Witkin. I'm a born and raised New Yorker (yes, that is the totality of my personality - because, duh), I am obsessed with food, travel and history and I am starting a Youtube channel! I'm very new to YT, but I have a background in film, tv, video and podcasting. I work in the media industry as a producer/production coordinator and had a podcast series called "Eating America with India" from 2020-2021. The series was me exploring different immigrant diasporas around the U.S. through the lens of food. I am now LAUNCHING it as a video series called "India Eats the World". The first season is the America's and the second season will be around Asia. She's a global girlie!!! Very excited to be here and trying my best to power through video editing and scripting and strategizing but it's all difficult when I'm juggling a 9-5p. I'm looking forward to connecting with my fellow Grindstoners and getting inspired to do that damn thang! Sharing my Current / Dream state! Current state: 1) Current monthly income? 💰 Job: $4.7K Content: $0 Other: $X Total: $4.7K 2) Current online following? 🌍 YouTube: 9 subscribers Instagram: 2.5K followers TikTok: 80 followers Podcast: 10K streams overall Email: X subscribers Total: 2.6K audience size 3) Current weekly content workload? ✍️ Days worked: 1/2 day (aiming to get to 1-1.5 days this week) Hours worked: 4 hours Uploads: 1 uploads 4) Describe your typical work day: 💼 Morning: Wake up and listen to a podcast, watch a Youtube video, write, then log on to start my job at 10am, coffee and breakfast. Afternoon: More work… maybe take a break to watch a Grindstone video or do research for my show. Evening: Make dinner once I clock off at 7pm. Night: Watch something to unwind with my roommate, and then do a bit of writing / editing for my show. Watch a YT video and take notes! Desired state: 1) Dream monthly income? 💰 Job: $40K (I want to quit my FT job and take odd projects here and there)

Hey all. 👋 Starting this Monday (September 23rd), I'm posting one piece of content every single day for 100 days. 15 weeks. I'll track: 1. my starting numbers 2. my growth 3. lessons & mistakes 4. $ invested 5. my final results An upload can be ANYTHING... - YouTube videos - shorts - tweets - blog posts - podcasts - LinkedIn posts - emails - Instagram posts - etc The point here is to practice what I preach. I'm just going to follow Grindstone principles and have fun with it. If you want to join the challenge (or do your own version of it), here's the 100 Uploads in 100 Days Tracker. 📊 And Head Coach @Colby McElrath (along with all of you) will hold me accountable. 🐻 Let the games begin. 😎

Welcome, Grindstone creators! At the end of each month, the top of our 30-day leaderboard wins an epic prize. 🏆 How to earn points? Simple: • Create quality posts that spark conversation. • Drop helpful replies that get people talking. • Get likes and comments on your content to rack up those points. The more you contribute, the higher you climb. Whoever is at the top of the leaderboard every month spins the wheel and wins one of our awesome prizes! Our September Winners: We have a TIE! @Gemma Ferguson and @Houston Bernard both tied for first! We are going to have both of you spin the wheel, and then we'll announce your prizes in the comments. Awesome job playing full out, @Gemma Ferguson and @Houston Bernard!! 🔥 Are you going to claim the top spot in October?? Let’s see who will crush it this month! 💪

Who's live streams? Or has done so in the past? What tools do you like? Any tips for first-timers? I'm going to be starting a regular IG live stream inviting people to watch how my releases are made, assuming my van wifi works well enough 😬. I'd love to make things feel as unique to my framing as possible.