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"JoClub is the acronym for Journaling Club, but also corresponds to my name," Jo Franco begins. "When I started writing, I had the vast thoughts. I also had older siblings who were not attracted by my story. So, I began writing."

"I wasn't born with passport, so I was in hiding with Portuguese as well as becoming familiar with English from tripping over," she recalls. "I acquired a variety of different languages since I was always awed by being recognized. Yet, I was regarded as an outcast because I was believed as only one child. My look was distinct from everyone in my vicinity. I was not the tiniest of youngsters and I had this calm tone of voice, and a quiet manner of speaking.

"Of of course I'm not able to look about it now, but that's how it went however, there was always a feeling feeling misunderstood? A lot of us experience the exact same feeling."

It was a great blessing that Jo could use the instrument to write "I had a greater than just a sympathetic perspective of myself. I was in the position of being able to observe with no judgement. I wrote down everything that was negative aspects, but I knew that good things occurred in my personal life. I started to change my writing and not just my words however, I was strangely, reverse engineering my view of my life as I was looking for positive things. I needed to search for positive things in order to create positive events that I was able to write about. It was then that I became an optimistic individual. This tool saved me."

Knowing the situation

As a student at the University of Manhattan, Jo was overwhelmed by the volume of people she had to compete with. Jo was able to find the space she needed in her journal. "It did not matter if I was in the United States or on a trip, I was able to make use of this journal to help me go back to myself.

"My "why" is that I want to give individuals the same feeling of being 'You're not alone regardless of how tough circumstances may become. In addition, you'll have the ability to help yourself emotionally but it's beautiful to record the path you've traveled - as by documenting it you can display a little bit of gratitude for how it began. It's easy to blend in with your personal way of thinking and your own personal style."

"There's an abundance of scientific research to support this up," she adds. "There were clinical studies of the recording of gratitude as a form for therapy. The people who document their gratitude in journals are much happier."

"Give your mind a break. Let the weight go away from you and write it down on paper. When you write about unpleasant things, you give yourself a buffer and you can contemplate the emotions you feel with empathy. Emotions can drive us insane. They're the basis of all things. They're at the heart of trust, and at the foundation of charisma and at the beginning of going into a room and being able later to make luck happen."

"Maybe there's a participant"

Jo definitely did have plenty to share by 2020. Thanks to her YouTube channel that has more than one million subscribers She was also able to get money to travel. "I had this captivating private, intimate life. However, behind the scenes, I composed. It was how I lived my life. All I wrote in my journal was "my diary."

In January of 2020, she got the Netflix task as host on The Most Amazing World Vacation Rentals. "It was a shift away from YouTube and back to the traditional method of hosting. If you've ever in the studio, they know these days are extremely long. It's a 16-hour day of work along with an unending repeating 'Hurry up' and after that, sit'. Your ready for work in the morning with makeup, hair completed. The lines are written in your thoughts and you're thinking, "No I'm not kidding that it's time to take a breath for a second"!"

The pauses between these pauses which could continue for an extended period, Jo would write. "Writing was something I liked and that's the reason I decided to create something that would be an income-generating business." Then, when covid aired and the show concluded, the primary source of income ceased.

"I was as nervous as everybody else. I began sharing pictures of my journal entries. One hundred days later, I began sharing my journal around the world via Instagram Stories. I thought "Hey I'm considering that this might be a chance to join a club Perhaps people would pay dollars to join my virtual world writing as members of a collective. This was how JoClub began. This was about almost four years ago!"

While watching the Netflix show, Jo realized that journaling was a lens with her eyes, allowing her to see the world. "It wasn't just for fun. If you're out on the road for 2 days, it's tough to not get tired. The job you're doing isn't related to the work you're paid for.

"You realise that this is how I view the goal of my existence. It's a way of life. For me, it was evident that after I had let go of everything else all they'll be in a position to steal the most from my life is writing. It was important for me to include this in the next chapter of my professional journey."

Her work goes beyond only her own

Jo participated in the undertaking. "I posted three videos a week, in three different languages. I was required to employ employees, and then resign the employees. I was able to learn how to create the machine for content."

Something needed to be changed. "I was not a person who would like to keep working. If you're tired or burnt out that's a typical experience of creatives. If your exhausted, you'll never be able make a profit. If it was the path I took to work that I plan to pursue throughout my lifetime I'll need to figure out ways to stay off of opportunities to make profits."

Jo decided to make something larger than her. The journaling group was created in a big way through Zoom: "The membership started with a monthly fee of just $19 with the added benefit of 1 live phone call per month. I also would send daily journal prompts to everybody's mail inbox."

The idea was to create an experience that resembled the yoga class. Two questions followed by an open-ended discussion, then another prompt then breakout rooms. "It involved IP (intellectual property)," she recalls. "After the period of six months, I started thinking: do I have the ability to train facilitators how to run these sessions? In fact, can facilitators aid JoClub by implementing ways I had haven't thought of before? They would love to "extract all the goodness" and work alongside Facilitators who are JoClub members to create the process of art journaling and an "bring your own music" workshop for budding musicians as well as other similar things.

"Now we're hosting six sessions per month. I'm hosting as many sessions as I'd like to," she continues. "Beautiful things that I'd never have thought of having begun such as retreats I run and organize. I also managed the pilot program within an institution and am working on different issues. What I'd do to this issue was if been in Jo Franco's circles that was located in the upper levels."

Social and cultural cohesion

"An intriguing aspect of the membership model is that it creates the culture" she adds. "If you're purchasing a membership they're walking into the home of your choice, and it's your choice to decorate your home however you want." Jo together with her colleagues analyzed ways to create more engaging threads so "people can chat in public places to make sure that they feel like they're receiving their money's worth."

"It's the distinction between an audience and a participant," she adds. "An audience can react to the content you're posting, but there's not a dialogue. If I upload a video and people comment and I respond on forums, but not in a group I'm creating I'm a part of the process when they become part of within this group."

Jo is thinking about a lot about onboarding procedures as well as the manner we treat those who have just joined. "How can we handle those who walk into an area feeling that they're not part of the group? This is the ideal time to get into the art of curation, and this is the reason people tend to stay for longer periods."

It's not easy. "It's an area that you need to be enthusiastic about to ensure that you keep increasing membership since it is always changing. If you aren't keeping current with developments, you'll lose all members you've had."

It's obvious that Jo has brought the love and awareness she developed through journals into the way she manages her membership. She believes that journals will help in becoming aware of your own thoughts. Not taught at school: "We're not given tools for managing our emotions. These tools can help you stay calm at moments when it's difficult to find your feet. I was amazed by the advantages. It was an enjoyable hobby. As I grew older I began to realize, "Damn, I've hidden my secret for a long time""

A lot of people have asked her "Jo it's only been 30 years old, What did you do in this? Just a matter of journaling and it worked." she smiles.

More details

To find out more regarding Jo Franco and to become a member of JoClub to visit the website go to joclub.world.

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