Imagination

Hello lovelies, this letter is one to you and it is one of THANKS 💕

I’m ever so grateful to be sitting here and writing to you.  I’ve spent some time over the last week, well last month marinating on some things.  If you haven’t seen my post on Instagram about mediation I’ve included at the bottom of this post.

But today, I wanted to share with you a BIG ANNOUNCEMENT and I’m saying thanks because I’m super grateful to be blessed with such amazing family and friends.

Of course, you need to know where I’m coming from before the announcement 😉

March 2007 – Working in Marketing at Algonquin College, after graduating in 2006 – ohhhhh to be 25 again!!

March 2008 – Saw a path in marketing.
I read ONLY about successful business women in several magazines.  They all had university backgrounds or years of marketing.  I had no idea how this could happen for me but oh did I want it!!

March 2009 – I live in Montreal.  Working for agencies.
Interesting. No idea I was coming back to Ottawa, maybe my family and friends knew but chose not to tell me.

March 2012 – Back in Ottawa.  I purchased my website domain www.keishagomes.com.
I started traveling, first stop San Diego, then Dominican Republic, FINALLY got my driver’s license, yes 31 (remember Life: The Perfect Plan Interrupted), no idea what is really happening next.

March 2013 – I know I like writing, but no idea what I’m doing with my website or life, and I’m in my 30’s YIKES.  Common pattern, no idea what I’m doing.

But by the summer of 2013, I was in Florida, selling emergency notifications, seriously.  No I’m serious.  Then September came, and I was in my career dream come true.  Digital marketing manager at a CPG.  Then it all started the career roller coaster of my life 😍 ohhhhh and my apartment is literally like a scene from Sex and the City (at least that’s what I tell myself and my obsession with that show and having this space….. EPIC), see a small post on my place here.

(IMPORTANT TO NOTE: as I mentioned, five years before, July/August 2008 all I read about was being a marketing manager in the Heart Business Journal for Women)

March 2014 – California, Huntington Beach – what website, what writing?
 I took a minute.
Balance of 2014 – Spend time with Family & Friends

March 2015 – Phoenix, Arizona – Also.  Still.  No.  Website or Writing.
Okay, but I have a routine, I tried a little love, planned some writing, fitness and traveling goals. I started posting in February 2016.

March 2016 – I survived the first month of writing.  Then in April I setup hosting because I was committing.
Hello San Diego for the second time, Mexico City, Riviera Maya, MEXICO, love of my life for the third or fourth time (who’s counting I’m in my 30’s), Vermont, Boston, Val-David, Montreal, Santa Barbara.  So I only wrote 18 posts in 2016.  Correction I successfully WROTE & made it PUBLIC on my website!!!!!!!!

March 2017 – Meditation & Big Announcement

The purpose of sharing my story before the announcement is to illustrate you really don’t know where life is taking you.  This was a ten year summary of part of my life and if you told me back in 2007 when I was a recent grad of Algonquin College working in their marketing department, that I would become a digital marketing manager for a number one brand in the category, driving influencer and content marketing  – I would have sat there and said, “Hmmmm tell me more.” 

We have all imagined or future, thought of it, dreamed of it – I can go on.  For me I know certain things in my life will flourish, I don’t know exactly when or the details but the art of imagining and affirming what you want has been very true for me.  I’ll be honest, I didn’t even know I was doing this but I will share that in a future post (I have old vision boards I found, I was doing those before I knew I was doing them….ughhhh… LOL)

So, in addition to wanting to be a marketing manager at a CPG ten years ago, I’ve also wanted to be a writer.  Yes, crazy!! I know.  ME.  A.  WRITER.

It’s very exciting, I don’t know how, what (okay maybe I know that), when, etc.  But I know this is going to be EPIC.  I’m smiling so much while typing this to you.  And, first step toward this EPIC dream; I will be spending ironically one week, six days, five nights in Quebec city by random twist of fate in a writer’s condo in old town!!

I remember when I planned Mexico last year I pictured a room with a pool at my door.  I had exactly that.

This year, I pictured a place to write and clawfoot soaker bathtub for weeks (no idea I was booking this but you can ask Harley, how bad I’ve been wanting a soaker tub).  I have exactly that now.

So, thank you for cheering for me on the sidelines even if we don’t get to talk everyday.  I’m ever so grateful because I know you have always been there no matter how small or big.  I’m looking forward to the next five years of my life,  writing, and sharing it with you.

Here’s the Instagram post on Meditation, click here!  Did you click?  Seriously.

That’s it for now but be sure there is more to come, new site, new writing, new everything.

Love,
Keisha
Author of best selling, To be Confirmed

PS Are you willing to put what you want out there for the universe to answer.  If so, I dare you to add a comment, it feels so goooood to put it out there.

PSS I do love all of the personal emails I’m getting from you guys.

PSSS There is more to come, and I promise all  of this will make so much more sense.  I want to really put all of the ups and definitely downs/fears out into the universe to help others.  By no means this was easy the last 10 years, I cried, I gave up, I cried some more, oh did I mention I cried.  But it was all doable.  Whatever you want is doable.  Can’t wait to share more!