If you've got a minute, check out some of the changes in our Community. I've updated the About page to reflect a broader focus. Previously, I was focusing mostly on a teen/young adult audience, but I'm finding that adults of all ages are expressing interest in the planned content for the community, so I'm responding to that. We're ALL in this together, and this content is for all of us. In the near future, you'll see some content on Sourdough Bread baking. This may not be "flagship" adulting, career management, financial literacy content, but it's one of my most frequents asks. So you can watch for some courses, posts, videos... whatever I can get out there. I hope to schedule some live events as well! I've moved Financial Literacy and Career Management content into the "Total Cost of Adulting" course, but we'll still have separate discussion channels for those topics. And finally - I've got a web page up! Skool is still the primary site where all of the community happens, but you can share prpljennifer.com with friends and family to help them learn more about what PrplJennifer is all about, and bring them to the community. Let me know what you think! And don't forget to login, introduce yourself, and start earning XP so that you can reach level 3 and access the Home Maintenance Checklist!

I know that using AI is a controversial topic these days. AI is known to use a lot of environmental resources (esp. water), which is a definite concern. AI companies are also working toward solutions, such as recycled water cooling systems. My view is that AI is here to stay, and if we want to stay competitive in the working world, we need to know how to use it, whether we choose to leverage it a lot, a little, or not at all. There are so many AI tools out there right now, and we all use them in so many different ways. I use AI to generate images. I don't have any artistic ability at all, and as a small business owner, I don't have the ability to pay someone to create art. I also need it quickly. So you'll see AI generate images on this site as well as in my courses. Most of the time, I'm using Gemini to generate my images because when I started, Gemini produced the style I was looking for, and it makes sense to continue using Gemini to get the same style. However, I find that Gemini has a lot of issues with "direction." For example, Gemini produce an image of the Wayfinder, but showed her writing with her right hand (I'm a lefty!). Try as I might, I could not get Gemini to change the image to left-handed. So I tried ChatGPT and asked to replicate the exact image but change the person to left-handed. ChatGPT got it in one try with a perfect reproduction. It is fair to note that ChatGPT released Images 2.0 in April, which was a major upgrade, so it seems to be the current frontrunner. I use Claude for most of my other work - business planning, course development, etc. I like that Claude organizes discussions by project, so I can separate different conversations and not have content bleed from one chat to another. Claude is the AI I pay for. I also use both Gemini and ChatGPT when I hit usage limits and still have work to do. 🙌 So how are YOU using your AI tools to save time, learn, and create? 🙌 And more importantly - have you named your AI? (I haven't named mine... yet) ✍️📝