Thirty-one

001: Happy Birthday

 

I turned 31 years old today. And I have to say… 30 was a good age!

I’d looked forward to my 30s since my mid-20s. I know, weird, right? But I always felt my 30s would be the years that I settled in to life. I figured out where I was headed and got there. It would be my banner decade of life.

And so far? It’s going that direction. In the last 365 days, I’ve suddenly felt a lot of wisdom about things: financially and career-wise. I’ve started to build a confidence in my career goals, and in the same breath I’ve found a want to do anything it takes to get there. Its not the whole, “Oh this is what I want so it should happen right NOW” mindset that I think I had an element of previously. No, now its more, “This is what I want, and I need to learn how to get there… and then DO THAT.”

So, within that fact, my 30s have, already in the first year of it, been a journey of wonderfully positive proportions. In fact at this rate, 31 should be even better! And here is hoping I am right about that.

Happy Birthday to me! Happy Birthday to me! Happy Birthday, Happy Birthday. Happy Birthday to me!

My second Project 365 is complete

I finished my second Project 365 today. I did one two years ago, too, and I plan to leap right into another one tomorrow…

…which is my birthday.

I always do my photo-a-day, every day, for a year starting with my birthday. It lets me document a year of my life; I can look at a photo and remember where I was and what I was doing at the moment that shot was taken.

Not only is this a great way to look back over the year, but its constantly pushed my boundaries with photography. You can actually see the improvement over the course of 365 photos.

If anyone is interested in taking a trip down memory lane with me: