1 week and 17K followers later⦠let me introduce myself!!! š¤
Iām Keeks ā a Canadian šØš¦ content creator living just outside of Toronto. Iām 28, and I just wrapped up my first full year of being single after a 4+ year relationship (this was not for the weak lemme tell you LOL)
2025 has been⦠A JOURNEY.āØA mix of mourning, heartbreak, thinking Iām fine, realizing Iām absolutely not fine, and then doing the work to heal all over again š
āØItās been a year of letting go, rediscovering who I am, and rewriting the beliefs that were holding me back.
Through all of that, I finally started showing up for myself ā consistently, intentionally, and with so much love. This has been the most intense year of my life⦠and honestly the best one yet!!
Iām stepping into 2026 more confident, grounded, intuitive, and excited than Iāve ever been and Iām so so so so grateful to have this growing community to step into it with me šøā„ļø
Iām still learning as I go, but I canāt wait to pour into you, share what I know, and grow into our best selves together. š¤
If you decide to stick around and hit follow, comment below and tell me where youāre from + 1 goal you have for 2026!
āØCheers to BECOMING š„š„
#selfgrowthjourney #healingjourney #selflovejourney #mindsetmatters #softlifeera #becomingthatgirl
In the spirit of complete unfiltered authenticity here is a mini story about a time when my OCD got real bad š«£
iāve actually never seen anyone post about this specific style of ācopingā so wanted to share cause if thereās anything Iāve learned itās that there are very few unique experiences and now that this form of coping is in the past for me, I can share it in the hopes that someone else might see it and if they see themselves start thinking about getting alternative helpšøš
contrary to what this version of me believed there are in fact better ways to live with anxiety/OCD/mental illnesses
#mentalhealthawarenessmonthš #ocdrecovery #ocdrelief
your fav internet baddie is indeed mentally ill !!!āØšš±šø
even in 2026 I feel like mental illness is still very stigmatized and itās stopped me from wanting to show up online because iām not currently in my ābest stateā.
but fuck it WE BALLL - hopefully showing up a bit more raw and authentic and unpolished will inspire someone to do the same regardless of what they think is maybe socially acceptable or common for social media or whatever field that theyāre working towards their goals in!!!
And if weāre being super honest, I really have nothing to lose because my more polished edited content hasnāt been performing that great anyways so worst case I get same amount of views or maybe less best case this type of content resonates even better with my audience and I get to grow my community????
im manifesting the latter loll #mentalhealthawareness #contentcreatorjourney
What kind of content do yall prefer to see in general (not specific to me cause i cant handle rn lolll)
@heykeeks__ is absolutely crushing it as a Creator, and she just gave us a look into her process šš
Our team at Stan is so excited for Kianna and canāt wait to see all the things she achieves as a Creator š«¶
If you want your time back as a Creator, comment āKiannaā and weāll send you access to Stanley so you can get started š«
Lil canva tutorial for yall! šøāØ
Got so many questions about how I create these more moodboard / arts and crafts / collage style carousels so here you go!
if you know me, you know, I am a @canva stan through and through. I absolutely love this app and itās the only design platform that I use!!!! (For context I have no formal design experience. I just do this for shits and gigs and have fun with it!!!)
Let me know if this helps and if you guys want to see more cutesy tutorial carousels from me (cause theyāre kind of fun to make low-key āŗļø)
#canvatutorial #seamlesscarousel #creatortips
Extra cheesy this week šš!!!!
Honestly been feeling under the weather this week but needed to make this cause there is so much to smile about!!! (Genuinely cant fit it all in one post so imma need to run this back)
Bro me and my @apple macbook go together real bad!!! Love that i can hop on a zoom and connect with the people ive met around the world (both physical and online)
Ive been using @kit to build my email newsletter and its been super easy (was a bit confusing for like the first 20min but thats cause i knew nothing about email marketing!) and i just smile every day seeing the number grow and getting emails from everyone in the BFY community!!! šøš„¹
Also ya girl earned her first CREATOR INCOME BABYYYYYY - mark your calendars April 10th was the day it officially came in. We are no longer at $0!!! That is such a huge win! Were far off from the $10k usd goal but were headed in the right direction so its just about getting the reps in, continuing to try new things and seeing what happens! I know were hitting a 10k month its simply a matter of when and how and i have faith all of those things will become clearer through aligned action! So long as i keep doing me, success is inevitable ā„ļøš§æ
If yall have some small wins let me know!! #creatorlife #messymiddle #heykeeks #smallwins
6 weeks ago my BFY newsletter had 0 subscribers. itās sitting at almost 1,000 right now. š¤Æ
and honestly? it changed how I think about building an audience entirely.
I was showing up on Instagram every day, creating things FOR my people (tools, resources, the real stuff) and realizing most of them werenāt even seeing it! the algorithm wasnāt delivering it to them (for reasons we will not ever try to understand).
I was essentially shouting into a void and hoping people would see it and get value from it!
so I started a newsletter. paired it with YouTube. and suddenly the people who actually wanted to be in this with me could FIND me!!! and I could actually reach them back.
thatās the whole point of this carousel. Iām (DEFINITELY) not a marketing expert. Iām just someone who figured this out 6 weeks ago and needs you to know about it because if youāre building anything and you donāt have an email list yet, youāre making it so much harder than it needs to be!!!!
my goal was 1k subscribers by May 1st. weāre almost there. š¤š¾
Iām documenting everything on my road to $10k/month šø the wins, the mistakes, all of it.
follow along if youāre building something too. link in bio if you also want to join the BFY newsletter or community!! šø
#emailmarketing #newslettergrowth #contentcreatortips #buildinginpublic #creatoreconomy
the train to $10k has officially left the station wooo!
Been feeling super low energy (anhedonia is the technical term for my current state rn) so im proud of myself for keeping things moving - i am so behind on basically everything since ive been crawling into bed at every opportunity but i just been tackling one major priority at a time āØā„ļø
P.S. i am so in love with this community because yall make me feel better about being online while not being 100% and inspire me to use this time to experiment with more low effort formats (cause whos to say they wont perform better than my high production vids?!)
Anyways this was the rate i charged but ive got some amazing feedback that i should probably START my rates at $2k and you know what HELLL YEAH
I have also only gotten inbounds thus far but plan to start doing outreach using @pitchbrand.co so will let yall know if the platform is any good!
Save this for when the lies start getting loud again.
Hereās the truth nobody tells you when youāre starting out š
I believed every single one of these lies. And it kept me stuck, overwhelmed, and questioning if I was even cut out for this.
But hereās what I know now:
itās not about going viral
Itās not about being on every platform.
Itās not even about willpower.
Itās about having the right tools and systems so you donāt burn out before you even get started.
@stanleyforig has been that tool for me on insta - itās basically a content coach that connects to your instagram and brings you insights on what to post based on what your audience responds to (for example Stanley told me carousels are hitting for me right now so lets see how this one does!), provides content ideas and scripts, and even a motivational pep talk if you need it lol!!
Comment STANLEY if you want to try it out FREE for a MONTH!
and if youāre on this journey too follow along and letās figure it out together šø
#contentcreator #creatorjourney #thegreatclockout #creatortips #contentcreationtips
hereās what I learned after posting every day for 30 days.
Not only is it extremely doable, but it can also be SO EASY when you just get out of your own way!
I was able to post every day not because Iām disciplined. Not because I had some crazy content backlog. But because I finally stopped trying to do it all on willpower alone. And because I stopped focusing on the big daunting goal and instead focused on one idea, one post, one day at a time.
Hereās what actually changed š
The biggest lesson?
> Consistency isnāt about grinding harder itās about having systems that donāt make you want to quit by week 2.
> Focusing on ONE DAY at a time turns something daunting like planning 30 days of content into a simple āwhat should I post today?ā
> once i realized how easy it was there were days I posted 2-3 posts!!!
I used @stanleyforig to help me figure out what to post, analyze what was working, and stay on track without spiraling. Itās honestly the only reason I didnāt burn out lol (and learned that itās actually SO EASY to post everyday and that I was really the one getting in my own way smh!)
If youāre about to start your own posting challenge (or just want to stop staring at a blank screen every day), comment STANLEY and Iāll DM you a free trial link āØ
Now the next chapter begins: turning consistency into actual income so I can finally quit my 9-to-5. Follow along and watch my Great Clock Out series for the real journey of going from $0 to $10k per month from content creation!!! Super excited to share all the pieces of building this dream life with yall!
#creatorjourney #contentcreator #postingchallenge #thegreatclockout heykeeks
Pretty things in thailand āØāļø
(Excuse the lazy post it was a LONGGG day lmao! Scrounged together some pics et voila)
#standaretopost #thailand #solotravels