The Next Stage in Life and the End of The Jeskimo
Tonight I could not sleep. Maybe because I haven't written in quite a while. I have been working hard fulfilling my daily duties as a travel advisor. I am taking on more business than I ever thought about two years ago. I am working remotely with a group of people from an award winning travel agency, Largay Travel, who support me professionally and personally. That makes all the difference. I am grateful. When I am grateful, I reflect.
Three years ago, I found myself in St. Augustine, Florida. Single, broke and fabulous. I started a blog focused on what I thought I was going through, and called it my “quarter-life crisis.” Three years ago, I sat down and got honest about where I was and where I wanted to be in life. I wrote this down and posted it on this blog for anyone who cared or could relate. The response was filled with support from friends of all ages from all over the world. My answer then is the same as my answer today. I am free. So tonight, what do I do with this freedom? I write.
Yes, still single and fabulous but today happily living more within my means and passionately pursuing a line of work that makes me happy and fulfilled. The reason I think this blog worked personally was mostly because I reflected. The result was small steps I took for three years to become that person professionally. With lots more work to do personally in my ever changing life, I find myself back in the same place, St. Augustine Beach… where my story continues.
This is the start of a whole new adventure on a path unknown but completely shaped by my motives and moves from three years ago with no one to blame, if it all comes crashing down, but myself.
I realized today, in a Facebook post about whether I should fire my dad as my client, that the best way to reach people is to align my daily issues in life as they seem to be somewhat universal; at the very least relate-able. I also learned and practice the art of letting it go- specifically when it comes to family and the ones you love most. In general, I want to reach people through life issues that millennials, or any generation for that matter, are facing today or have faced at some stage of their own lives. The dad post seemed to hit home in the same way the quarter-life crisis theme was so relate-able. And just like what I learned from my visit to Walt Disney World last week; you need to tell a great story to get them hooked.
These are the stories of my life as a millennial travel advisor. Let’s call them wildcat adventures.
“The Jeskimo; a blog inspired by travel, style and success” was built on my quarter-life crisis. In this new blog, you will find stories of my daily practice and eventual mastery of being a millennial in the world today. Everyone has a story, I'm just writing mine.
This social media saturated world is pretty obsessed with themselves. Narcissistic one may say. Which works out well for me and my favorite art of expression, writing, and my favorite topic, myself. :)
The thing I find the most interesting about the results of four years of writing The Jeskimo blog and my social media practices, is how many people pretend to not care, like or comment yet they are all watching. Whether I see this through my Google analytic data from my blog or when I see people in person, I found those who don’t comment online; usually have something to say about my posts in person. Social media gives people a way to love, hate or annoy; But at the end of the day, they are reading, for whatever reason, and possibly reflecting on themselves. The difference between my writing three years ago and now, is that then I used my blog to inspire only me. My hope this time around is that I inspire people to do more for themselves to be happier in their own skin and lives. To reflect on what they need to be free and take steps to get there every day. I will do this through my own stories- living proof that where ever I go, there I am but oh man, what an epic journey!
On that note, this marks the end of The Jeskimo, but it's legacy will always remain here. I am so proud of the foundation it laid for my next stage in life and excited for what this crazy world has to offer.
I'll be writing on a new and fresh blog/website combination, where you will be able to find resources to help inspire your own lives through meditation, reflection and travel experiences. I look forward to sharing my wildcat adventures with you and hopefully a whole new group of inspired readers. The link is coming as I expect to launch sometime in Spring of 2015.
Signing off from the sunshine state...
xoxo
Jessie
a.k.a The Jeskimo