365/2024
I don’t have some earth shattering recap on 2024 to share with you. In fact, 2024 can eat a d@#k. It was a challenging and painful year, personally and professionally. I learned a lot of valuable lessons, I learned who was in my corner and who was sucking the life out of me, everything I thought I knew about my business got flipped upside down and I ended the year with a fire in my studio that resulted in the entire building being closed down on December 7th, putting every self employed artist that worked in the building out of work, right before the holidays. Luckily, no one was injured and while that is the most important thing, it still hurt like hell.
One thing I did complete, was my photo a day 365 (well, 366 days in 2024) challenge. I have started one of these challenges every year and without fail, let it fizzle out before the end of the first month. But this time, I stuck with it. One simple photo a day. Mostly on my iPhone, sometimes on the big camera, and several rolls of film which may actually get developed before the end of 2025. One little action that has allowed me to look back on my year and realize, maybe it wasn’t all that bad. I spent the majority of my time completely absorbed in my family and our life at home and the rest of the time working with clients that I truly love and appreciate. Tons of long phone calls with the best of friends that never pressure me to socialize any further than a phone call if I don’t feel like it and hold me up when I just want to collapse. Deep and meaningful connections with so many of my clients that allowed to fall even deeper in love with what I am doing and the reason I do. And some amazing and exciting news that I can’t wait to share, when the time is right. This past year opened my eyes to what is really important, what I want to let go of and clarity on what I want my life and my future to look like. 2025 is going to be a year of changes and celebration. And damn, are we ready for it!!
A few of my 366/2024 images. Seemingly mundane, daily musings that I’ve come to realize are the most important parts of life…