My personal challenge for 2019?
I am upping the ante on my Global Freedom + Friendship Tour ( GFFT). A toast to living life on your terms, spending time with people you care about and with people you meet along the way.
I started it unknowingly in July 2018, when my friend Marlon James sent me a ticket to join him in New York for two weeks, because he knew I needed it for both personal and business reasons, we’ve known each other since age 15 and he had walked this path before.
I had outgrown a lot, I was spinning my heels, kinda unhappy and seeking clarity about what was next…I needed to take stock and be grateful about all that I have achieved, which is a a lot…get my mojo fully back, plus raise my standards on what I wanted my life to be, look and feel like.
I needed to jumpstart a new level of personal growth and I needed a fresh environment-and New York and DC did that for me….big time. It was like reconnecting with my true self once again. I had the time, space, right people, fresh adventures that I allowed to change me for the good.
Since then, outside of Jamaica, I have been between New York and Washington DC…staying with friends and being supported by them in many ways. I am being invited to speak at and attend tech, business, Lgbtq and Cannabis events. I have been networking like a muthafucka, so much that my global rolodex is even more epic that before. I have been learning new things, thriving in environments that have challenged me to reimagine, reinvent and grow.
Truth is,I love being on the move-change excites and scares the shit out of me…and I would not have it any other way.
So my personal challenge for 2019, is to continue my Global Freedom and Friendship Tour, while unfolding an expanded vision of my future in the tech and its intersection with other industries- leveraging digital media, digital content, digital marketing, technology events and speaking. The fresh and expanded start is now called Maverick Media Group, which will have the SiliconCaribe and other brands (website coming yet still open for Digital Strategy, Content Marketing and tech event production and Speaking clients)……. I am paying off the remaining debt that I have and I am allowing the Abundant Universe and solid self trust to guide me along the way. And I’ve been thinking that I may blog more along my journey here on my personal site- who knows.
That said, My 16 year old Nissan Bluebird Slyphy car and 1 year old Whirlpool Fridge are for sale and I will be storing my books, art and personal stuff with family. Yes you read that correctly.
So far I have Atlanta, Miami, Malaysia, Nairobi, London confirmed which is mostly tech and entrepreneurship event business, plus friend invitations…and I love it. Abundantly grateful for it and look forward to much more amazing things to come. Travel changes you, being a Digital Nomad makes you grow problem solving, stay present in the moment and joy muscles like never before.
I rang in the New Year with my bestie Marlon and a couple of close friends in New York at his home…with pizza, champagne and an intention setting ceremony…where we had to choose our word for 2019. Mine is #Fearless. Fearless in being, asking and doing.
And as they said…when a girl is unafraid, the world is her oyster.
What is your personal challenge and word for 2019?
And oohh to my fellow professional and entrepreneurial women-remember this, it’s ok to live a life people don’t understand.
Namaste! Cheers to Unconventional Women doing remarkable things !
The Essence of My Philosophy is this:
( Taken from Chris Guillebeau/ The Art of Nonconformity)
- You don’t have to live your life the way other people expect
- You can do good things for yourself and help other people at the same time.
- If you don’t decide for yourself what you want to get out of life, someone else will end up deciding for you
- There is usually more than one way to accomplish something
The essence of what I do is this:
I help people and businesses to understand the trends and opportunities of the Digital Space and provide them with the knowledge, services, events and digital platforms to launch and grow their brands with it. All while traveling the world !
So I consult on on Digital Strategy and Content Marketing generally, and have recently gone into Cannabis Marketing via Digital420.
Have Digital Media Platforms – blogs like SiliconCaribe and 420Caribe, podcasts, email and social media communities.
Produce Events – workshops and conferences for ourselves and clients ( for e.g the Nairobi event in March).
I speak around the world on Women in Tech, Digital Opportunities for all, Tech Entrepreneurship, Digital Marketing, Digital Media
The industries focused on right now are: Caribbean Tech, Legal Cannabis, Travel, LGBTQ and Creative Industries.
Hire me: ingrid@siliconcaribe.com
Follow me on Twitter and on Instagram for updates along the way of my GFFT.