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"We ain't gotta wait It's a toast to you and me Bills ain't so bad, celebrate that Party in the yard 'til the lights come on Ain't nobody crying We've come so far, been climbing Now the clouds they passed us by C'mon and raise your glass up high"- Common, Celebrate
On May 14, 2016, Brown Girl From Boston officially celebrated two years of being a blogger and business owner. Most startup businesses usually fail or business owners quit their businesses around this time. Many are not supported, they go into business for the wrong reasons and intentions of becoming a billionaire and making a profit from people. Yes, you want to profit from your business because it will be your main livelihood one day. If you are going into business to make money off the rip, you need to review your intention of starting a startup because the money will not fall from the sky in abundance. The clients are not going to kick down your doors waiting to buy your services and business. You will fail over and over because you may not find your formula yet, you don't have someone to mentor you and guide you, and you don't give things a try.
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I am thankful that Brown Girl From Boston is still going strong because I wanted to quit Brown Girl From Boston every day. Things got tough, I wanted to quit. I had writer's block, I wanted to quit. I got taken advantage of by some people who wasn't part of my tribe, I wanted to quit. I didn't have any structured order and formula, I wanted to quit. I was alone, vulnerable, and stuck, I wanted to quit. Every time, I wanted to quit, I had my village especially my husband pushing me to keep moving forward. Each time, I thought about quitting, blessings and opportunities came all the way through and I am thankful to God for that.
Let's talk about Celebrating FLYness:
Hunti, I work hard, I play hard, I love, hard, and I coach hard. The grind is too real and I am about the grinding life. I had to slow down on the grind to celebrate a milestone. I was working so hard the first year, I didn't have time to celebrate and embrace Brown Girl From Boston. I love telling my story of Brown Girl From Boston's beginnings. I always make people laugh when I tell folks that I used to work for the Devil Wears Polyester, not Prada. Despite leaving my job as a Director, I did learn a lot about myself and managing folks from various walks of life, personality traits, and character. I need to go through that experience to know how to effective run my business, attract my clients, and press forward when times got rough and tough.
Everyone should celebrate their greatness and FLYness because, in the society we live in, folks are on autopilot. Folks forget to celebrate milestones, accomplishments, and thriving in life. I know there is plenty of work to do but you still don't want to rush through life and forgot to celebrate the small and large victories. Celebrate your life and your life work.
I wanted to celebrate in Providence first because I started BGFB here, I build partnerships and tribe members here, and I just wanted to give back and kick back and enjoy the Brown Girl Tribe. I wanted to celebrated and enjoy one another company and network because we need one another. Also, there isn't a lot of events that celebrate women's FLYness in Rhode Island and other areas. We had women from all walks of life who came out and showed love to BGFB. We have the twenty-something year old to the young and vibrant baby boomers. BGFB definitely bring out best of both worlds and women in between. This celebration was laid back, fun-loving, positive, and open. I stated whatever happens in Brooklyn Coffee Teahouse will stay here. No, I will not share our intimate conversations but know that it was live and plenty of aha moments appeared. Thank you, sistahs, for being so open to share.
I want to share a few blessings that occurred before the celebration to help it become magical:
1. I have to give a major S/O to Diana who is a Brown Girl From Boston, my husband's former high school classmate who was so gracious enough to give and sponsor three deserving women to attend this event.
2. We had a few connections and reconnection during the FLYness celebration. My Mattapan FLY Girls came through and two of them reconnected after not seeing one another since the 6th grade at Thompson Middle School. It was awesome to see the reconnection. We also had two women who connected because they knew the same person. That person was one person's brother and he was the other FLY girls supervisor. Life is crazy.
3. While we were talking about balancing life, business, and intimate relationships; Mr. Imafidon rolled through (LOL). My face was priceless because I wasn't expecting him. Thank goodness I was bad-mouthing him. That is a no-no anyways.
4. We had the perfect amount of women, the perfect energy, and synergy in the room. Each woman was different, similar, came from various walks of life and connected through BGFB. How beautiful! Check out the photo above. No one was domineering, no one was shaming folks, no one bashing folks, and no one brought heat or judgment to the FLY Girl Sistah circle. We all brought our shine and FLYness to support one another.v
5. We were bummed that it had to come to an end. We were vibing, laughing, and enjoying one another's company.
To end this blog post, I have to say this, no copy and paste Brown Girl From Boston because there is only one me. No this isn't an arrogant statement nor a boastful statement. Being Brown Girl From Boston, running Brown Girl From Boston blog and coaching services may look FLY and easy but it is not. I had to find my voice, find my FLYness own my power, and refine Andrea. Brown Girl From Boston isn't going anywhere because we are just getting started. For those who rock with Brown Girl From Boston, I love you, I love how you let your FLYness shine, and I appreciate and see you, FLYness! Thank you for allowing me to be kind, FLY, honest, authentic, funny, Hip Hop Brainiac, brainy, brown, and the FLYest Brown Girl that you know thus far.
Thank you all for the love, support, readership, and well wishes throughout the two years of Brown Girl From Boston! I thought I told you that we won't stop, we are just getting started, Baby!
Peace, Love, and FLYness
Drea
Brown Girl From Boston
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