Hi,
I’m Caroline
I live on the side of a mountain in East Indonesia. In a wooden house on stilts, with my partner, three dogs, two goats and too many chickens to count.
Life hasn't always been this feral. My passion for creativity and technology didn't start here.
It started in the early 90s. After leaving the Royal Navy, I joined a branding and design agency.
I worked my way up to a global advertising agency, heading up creative operations and project management.
With limited knowledge and a huge fascination for technology, I joined the UK's leading online gaming company. I pitched an idea to the board and shareholders: we must bring our desktop website, mobile website, native app and wrapped app under one aligned customer experience.
They were sold. I was promoted and, over two years built the first HTML5 responsive gaming website with the CMS integrated in the app and a single wallet.
The two best years of my career. Six months later ended with redundancy. The London office was being relocated to the North of England. A move I couldn't make.
As I sat in my CEO's office, he gave me the news. I felt nothing. My daughters had both left home, and I was six months into my MBA. He asked me
‘What do YOU want, Caroline’.
I burst into tears. I had no idea.
I wasn't crying about redundancy.
I was crying over the question I couldn't answer.
The question that changed everything.
I went travelling. Landing in Indonesia, my five senses came alive.
‘This is what I want.’
My days are fulfilling. I wake at five to meet my clients from Brazil. Navigating English and communication nuances. Finding their personality through words. I feed the chickens, drink local coffee and walk the dogs.
At night, I sit on our balcony underneath the stars, and I write. I write with clarity and presence. This is when I find my true self. In amongst the silence and the sound of nothing. It gives me the purity that could never be found in the bustling London coffee shop.
The universe gave me what I needed, not what I thought I wanted.
It's a dream life, I know not everyone can have. But we can share it when we work together.