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2012. from scratch.
I’ve never really been one for New Year’s Resolutions, but things are different now. I’ve been doing lots of new things and loving them and I’ve realized something. Something kind of big.
2012 is the year I start over.
From scratch.
I don’t have everything all planned out… but I know I have everything I need. I know it’ll be a fantastic adventure. And I know that I’ll be ok. I’ll make it out alive.
I’m keeping my resolutions for 2012 fairly simple.
One is tangible. One is not.
One is consistent. One is aiming for consistency.
1.) Be friendly to strangers
2.) Share one photo everyday
The first is something I often avoid. That’s not to say that I’m mean to strangers, I just tend to ignore people… and I shouldn’t do that. Nobody likes to be ignored. So I’m going to make an effort to smile and say hello to all the random people that pass through my little piece of life. Maybe eventually I’ll get good at striking up small talk… but for now a smile and hello is all I require of myself.
The second is pretty cliche, but I’ve never done it before. I love photography. And I love sharing it even more. The challenge in this will be keeping myself honest and consistent. Everyday means every. day. Not the first 12 days of January. Not everyday… oh, but not the weekends… and not Fridays… or Tuesdays-Thursdays.
every. day.
2012 is going to be the longest, most adventurous and fun-filled year ever. So far.
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Perspective
Sometimes I think about the fact that I’m 28 and live in a one bedroom apartment with just my cat.
And just the thought alone makes me feel weird.
Like it’s wrong for some reason.
And it kind of makes me feel bad about myself.
But then I turn my music up, to quiet my brain, and dance around my apartment and it no longer feels wrong.
It feels perfectly right.
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This is impossible.
I hate not knowing what I want.
I need to have a goal and I want to have a goal, but I don’t have one. There just isn’t one there.
And I can’t even bring myself to take the time to make up a goal.
I need motivation. The kind of motivation I get when there’s a goal I’m aiming for.
How the fuck do you get that kind of motivation when you don’t what you want to be aiming for?
And why in the world is it so impossible for me to give myself a goal?
NOTE:
I Googled these questions.
Google did not have the answer.
Tumblr is now the new Google for life questions.
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Time to make shit happen.
I’ve been living in denial for the past 2 months. I can’t ignore all of this shit anymore, I need to start dealing with.
I stopped making lists in an effort to ignore the problems. No more.
3 lists will change my life…
(yes, these are really the titles)
• “handle your shit” - for long-term tasks and things that’ll take a lot of internal convincing and courage to get done
• “get the fuck over it” - for short-term goals in learning to be ok on my own. alone in the world
• “ready to go” - which is essentially a goal in and of itself. that I’m going to complete once a month.
ready to go
- pack the following: a new mix of music, 1 camera + 1 lens, 1 knitting project, 1 new or unfinished book
- drive somewhere you’ve never been before (by yourself)
- explore the shit out of it (by yourself)
- be a normal person (by yourself) i.e. get lunch/dinner at a restaurant, be friendly with strangers (in a non-gross sounding way), etc.
Time to find a new me.
My brain has felt like this for too long now.
I’d really like some change to come along and erase that big scribble of a mess.
(Source: spumonis)
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The Queen of Last Minute Everything
Gift shopping. Mani/Pedi. Social Life. Packing. Cleaning.
All tonight.
And all before I get up at 4am to make a 7am flight.
What a fantastic way to start a vacation!
Reblogged from luckyshirtUm… yes. Exactly that. What he said.You picked your major and determined the course of your professional life before you were really ready to do so.
Please don’t be offended by this…
Follow your gut. Especially when it is aligned with your heart. This especially goes for you creators. The drive to create will never go away…
The Things That Keep Me Alive
I just realized that the past… oh… 17 posts I’ve made have all been work related.
Yeah. My life is so thrilling. I’m surprised that my life hasn’t been completely replaced by work.
But no more talking about work! Or taking photos of work.
Let’s talk about fun things. Like moving into a new apartment! With the boyf! Where we’re going to have a FULLY STOCKED BAR AT ALL TIMES!
I’m making the list of alcohol right now. And that makes me so happy.
That and the fact that we get to actually sign the lease tomorrow.
It’s always the little things in life. :)
2010 is just getting more complicated.
Tonight… I found my mom on Facebook.
That may sound trite to some… but I haven’t seen or spoken to my mom since I was three.
Yeah.
Bizarre.
Though maybe not as bizarre as when my half-sister who I had never met before in my life friended me on facebook. But still… bizarre.
And because I’m a strange person, I’m contemplating friending her with the message “Hi, it’s your daughter that you left at the age of 3, remember me? How’s it going?”
I really miss waking up with the ocean right outside my door. But the new Ikea catalog makes up for it… just a tiny bit.
I don’t like feeling like this.
The sheer amount of things I have to do is so overwhelming that I’d rather just avoid everything all together and do nothing.
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