I have, however, encouraged others to do this for over twelve years. This experience has caused me to have many ideas for improving your chances of having effective support. For example, making contacts twice a week seem optimal, except for periods where you need intensive support. More details . This small group meeting has been perfected over twelve years.
Most people seem to enjoy and value the format.
The topics could be on time management, overcoming procrastination, budgeting anything that is of practical value to the participants. From time to time the Interchange should be an evaluation of the functioning of the group. The meeting can be done in 1 to 1.5 hours. This is a new format. It may still need some adjustments.