Reflections on January 2022

January started off slow and intentional. I reset my intentions and made time for my mourning routine. I felt like the first two weeks were an eternity. In fact, I even said that maybe this year will not be a total blur. And then, it all rushed by. Point of fact: I am writing this in mid-Feb. Even though I actually did write a small review into my journal. for some reason, I never got around to actually typing it out. I feel that I haven't gotten much done in the last couple of weeks of January, despite rushing around and always being busy. I ended up having sleeping issues as well, which retrospectively is most likely due to my ignoring my evening routine. I had two major deadlines in January. So I did spend quite a bit of time procrastinating and then freaking out. I would like to say I can actually pinpoint why I do it, but I have only a vague idea for my reasons. It is definitely something I will address in the next few months. But one thing I realised is that, I am not interested in being busy, feeling rushed and stressed. I don't really thrive on it anymore. I have no issue with working hard and a lot, but I actually do not enjoy the pressure of doing stuff within the last minute anymore. I feel like I am done with unnecessary drama, business and stress. I have been diligently working on Project 365. It's been interesting especially when we had bad weather and I am really not feeling like venturing out, so I have been taking way more stills. Also while I have purposely not set the task as having to be in a theme or even that I need to use my canon for the daily photo. The eternal perfectionist in me feels like the photos should still tell a story and I cringe when I only did take a photo on my phone. Then there is the not very curated grid that comes from this. It has been quite honestly a massive exercise in letting go for me for the first month. As I am talking about Project 365, I decided not to post the photos every week, because I feel like I am posting the same thing over and over. So if you want to see the actual photos visit my personal Instagram account. I do (most of the time) post daily. I will share the monthly mosaic with my reviews. That's all for now.Happy Valentines Day!

Project 365

One of the goals I set for myself this year is to do a 365 project, I mentioned this in my first post of the year. Essential this is a challenge to take a photo every day for one year. I have done this twice before and I actually quite enjoy the challenge of being consistent. I felt that in the last couple of years I kept taking fewer and fewer photos. Most of the time only shoot if I have a specific idea or project, which is totally the opposite of what I used to do before I did this professionally. An acquaintance of my husband described me to him as the person that is always taking photos once. He absolutely wouldn't today. It's not that I don't adore the medium anymore, but more that I keep attaching strings to it. I self-critic myself out of shooting, literally. Also in all honesty my camera is way bigger and heavier than my little beginners one I used to have, so it's connected to pure laziness as well. Anyway. I felt this challenge might help me just get back into enjoying the process and no overthinking just shooting. However knowing myself I decided to add that it can be any photo taken, even with my phone. I am sharing the snaps daily on my personal Instagram account and decided to do a weekly review of my week and share my snaps. Since I am starting this quite late I am going to play catch up. Posting week 1 today, shortly followed by week 2, so that I can do a weekly every Monday. Here are the first 8 days of my year in photos Week 1

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