The last few years, I’ve chosen a watchword to take me into the new year, a small mantra to remind me of my goals, both big and small.
Tag: 2017
Project365: #358-365
I still don’t know what possessed me to try a 365 project in 2017. When I started, I was pretty sure it would turn out like the attempts I’d made before: three months in, I’d be taking the most boring snapshots in the world, simply to fulfil the obligation. I didn’t think that I’d make it through the year without getting bored or resentful, and I definitely didn’t think that the project would do as much for my photography in general as it did.
Looking Ahead to 2017
I have mixed feelings going into the next year.
I mean, it’s going to be awful. We know that. (At least we’re prepared? As much as we can be, anyway.) I really don’t think any of us are going to get through the next few years entirely unscathed.
But I’m not entirely without hope. I still have moments of optimism. The feeling of motivation that hit me in November hasn’t gone away, even when I had to take the last couple of weeks off to focus on the holidays. And, while I’ve always had goals and plans, especially going into a new year, something feels different this time. Really, my long-term goals haven’t changed much, but they’re clearer to me now than they’ve ever been, and I’ve got a stronger sense of what I have to do to accomplish them.
And so, for 2017, my goal is to maintain that focus.
Snapshot #67 | 10 Things for 1 January 2017
Happy 2017! The last two weeks have been busy. I've been: loving | taking | baking | eating | feeling | getting | tidying | wishing | overusing | drinking
Snapshot #66 | 10 Things for 18 December 2016
Things have been busy the last few weeks. I've been: listening | cleaning| thinking | starting | watching | loving | cursing | finalizing | making | accepting
Snapshot #64 | 10 Things for 20 November 2016
The last two weeks, I've been: making | chipping | falling | finalizing | craving | listening | slipping | processing | trying | thinking
Sketchbook #16
Ok, so: July and August were kind of terrible, creatively. I’ve acknowledged that and moved past it. It happens occasionally - both due to my own issues, and things beyond my control - and I just have to deal with it.
I went into September with modest goals: I wanted to get back on track, and dig myself out of the rut that I’d been in all summer. I wanted to see if I could find ways to motivate myself, rather than relying on inspiration to just happen. I wanted to work on clearing my weekly photo backlog, and see if I could make some progress on the NaNoWriMo outline, but I didn’t set any specific targets - any movement would be good, as long as it was forward.
So how’d I do?