There is a moment in every project when the roles flip. You think you are testing the thing you are building. Then you realize it has started testing you. That is what happened with my wellbeing course.
After running my course live, I realized something important: I could only support a handful of people that way. The course was meaningful. The conversations were rich. The work mattered. But if I wanted to reach more people and allow them to move through the material at their own pace, I needed to turn the program into a digital product.
Simple enough, right? Of course not.
When I started this journey, I thought the hard part was over. I had created the content. I thought translating the program into a digital product and moving it onto a platform would be easy. Until I found out it wasn’t.
Finding a place where the course could live, breathe, and actually feel like mine turned into a whole new adventure. And by adventure, I mean the kind where you question your choices.
It started with testing platform after platform. I kept moving the content from one place to another. Each one looked promising for about a day or two. Then the cracks appeared.
Too rigid. Too clunky. Too complicated. Too expensive. Too disconnected from the feeling I was looking for. And every time I tried to convince myself to just go with it, something in me said no. That feeling of uneasiness sat right in the middle of my chest.
It kept me stuck, but it also kept me honest. I even asked myself if this was procrastination. Or fear dressed up as perfectionism.
The course launch date was set for March. March became April. April turned into May. I was feeling defeated because I was working and still not making any kind of progress. There is a special kind of frustration in being busy and stuck at the same time.
Then one day, I shared my challenges with my brother. He did not say much at first. Then, a few days later, he asked me to check a page he was building.
I was thrilled. Finally, I could see light at the end of the tunnel.
That was two weeks ago. A new deadline was set: May 15. Very decisive. Very official. Very “this is happening.” Then May 15 arrived with plenty still left to do.
Of course it did.
Thank God for my brother. And thank God for the weekend. The gym went on hold. Yoga class went on hold. Time stopped, or at least I tried to make it stop.
That is when the MVP principle entered the picture. MVP means minimum viable product. It asks: what is the simplest version that works and can help someone now? Not the perfect version. The version that is ready enough to serve.
The 80/20 rule helped too. MVP tells me when the course is ready enough to launch. The 80/20 rule tells me where to focus my energy before launch. What are the few things that create most of the value, clarity, and ease for the person taking the course?
The course needs to be accessible.
The payment needs to work.
The experience needs to feel supportive.
Everything else can keep growing.
Go live. Keep tweaking. Keep learning. Keep making it better. Choose progress over perfection.
And yes, there is some irony in building a wellbeing course while putting your own wellbeing on hold. But maybe that’s exactly the lesson.
Wellbeing is not a perfectly calm state where nothing goes wrong. It’s noticing when the process itself starts taking too much from you, pausing long enough to adjust, and choosing the next step instead of staying stuck.
So here it is. Finding Your Happy Place, the wellbeing course that tested my wellbeing, is now available.