I’ve wanted to do this project since I read this article, “He Took a Polaroid Every Day, Until the Day He Died“.

I’m going to start Project 365. This project covers a lot of things on how I want to spend my time list. I want to become better with with photography, so this will definitely help. I want to spend more time doing things of “action” – like spending time outdoors, being with friends and family, or even discovering new places. Having to take a photo every day could be the needed excuse to go do something new, fun, needed, or wanted.

Taking a photo every day for the next 365 days seems simultaneously easy and difficult. In order to best prepare for this project, I am stockpiling a list of resources to help on those days/weeks I feel less inspired. Of course there is always Pinterest, but I’m also utilizing:

1. Project 365 communities: 365Project and Flikr
2. Weekly themes
3. Daily challenges

Some caveats I’m allowing for myself:

• Photos can be taken with my Nikon D90 or my camera phone. I’m not going to be snobby about camera choice. I think it’ll be helpful to learn how to better use my camera phone as well as my Nikon.
• If I miss a day, or two (or even three) I will not give the project up. In the span of 365 days, missing a couple of days won’t really matter. Only doing the project for a couple of weeks or months will matter. I don’t plan on missing any days, but I am giving myself a break.
• Photos can be “boring”.
• Photos can be repetitive.

Maybe this will turn into Project 35,550+. Here’s hoping…

This is the last in my five part focus series.

This year I am focusing on:

1. Exercise – I’m working on a cross-fit inspired regime that I will keep up with regularly. I already made great gains with exercising in 2013 by joining a fun team sport. Can you guess what it is? I am focusing on building my skills in this sport.
2. Reading – It simply feels good to read. I feel less guilty than watching TV or playing candy crush (I quit candy crush), so I might as well have an outlet for decompression that feels good all around. I am focusing on reading at least one book a month.
3. Blogging – It doesn’t matter which blog I focus on (yes I have more than one blog), as long as I focus on blogging. With my focus on blogging, I want to be working on my goal of monetizing blogging. I also enjoy writing, so I need to make time for it.
4. Art – My Photoshop skills are growing alongside my photography skills.  I am focusing on continuing to build these skills.
5. Extroversion – I tend to keep things on the inside and compartmentalized. I am focusing on sharing more with friends and family. Essentially, I am focusing on “putting myself out there”.

Of course I have to have share a more generic version for the world to love.

You can see one, two, three, and four in my focus series.

Happy New Year!

Part four of the focus series is simple.

Focus.

(It makes me giggle how much this picture is “Internet Word Art 101”. )

See the first in the focus series here, the second here, and the third here.

Happy New Year’s Eve!

This is part three of the focus series.

I wanted something with fun colors and loved the quote I found here. I’m usually quite the optimist, but I have felt that part of my personality weakening.  I am working on flexing that muscle.

Adam and I saw this tree while driving down a country road. He is the one that took this picture.

See the first in the focus series here and the second here.

This is number two in the focus series. The original inspiration was here.

It is too easy to get caught up in what other people want, or what you think other people want.  As a wife and teacher, I am used to putting other people first. I have good ideas that will remain simply that if I do not focus on making them a reality.  That does not make me selfish.  Focusing on my ideas will benefit others. (Repeat to self.)

I was feeding this raft of ducks and although they were individually focused, they remained a team.

Checkout my first in the focus series here.