At camp we, the staff, take time every day to write in a journal. We write (or in my case - I wrote) 5 Things That We Are Thankful For, 3 Things I Am Proud of For Today and 2 Goals For the Next 24 Hours. Usually, we call these our Gratitude Journal - <thanks Oprah>.
My 31/12/07 Gratitude Journal:
Thankful For:
- Fae and all of her support of my crazy dreams
- such great step-sons that are so fun to be around
- my clients who have made this transition from part-time to full-time photography such an easy choice
- our family and friends who have made it so comfortable to fit in to our new hometown
- my sources of strength: who have enabled me to accomplish all of this despite living with chronic pain
I'm Proud Of:
- hanging out my shingle and committing to doing this thing that I love
- everything that I accomplished in my 14 years as a camp director.
- our great new place in Woodstock
Goals:
- get back in better shape - pain or no
- shoot some amazing people
- make this "living my dream" thing continue to work and get better
- redo my website to help me "let my awesome out" - (Thanks Ze)
- write a regular Gratitude Journal. Will likely be on Twitter and signified with a precursor - "GT:"
Other new things for 2008:
- following the philosophy of Tim Ferriss' AWESOME book Four Hour Work Week: I'm going to try to let my work do it's earning on it own. I'm going to put my pictures out there and let them make make money. I am committing to post pictures to Stock Photography sites and be diligent about it.
- I'm working with 3 other Canadian photographers (it helps that the other two are also designers and web-ninjas) on creating a website for picture hounds - amateur, pro-am & pro. It's going to have great how-to's, product reviews, interviews with Canadian Photogs and links to cool photo stuff around the web. Don't worry _You_Will_Be_Notified_by_RSS.
CALL TO ACTION:
C'mon All You Campy Bloggers (and other bloggers) Out There: Write your 2007 Gratitude Journal and Post it on your blog. If you'd put a link to it in the Comments here I'd be terribly grateful!
Originally posted on subtle.vox.com
