New Beginnings – New Chapter in Life

New Chapter in life

Forward:

I decided to mark this new beginning with an event in my life that is consistent, my birthday. Although it’s not my birthday anymore, I did not rush my process and decided to start posting when I was ready. I like to think of my birthday as the day I decided to plan what I wanted this blog to be and be open to the surprises it may bring. I hope by doing so will inspire me to push forward and evolve each year as I progress with this new medium; blogging. I look back on these past few years as I decided to reset my life, to seek my own happiness. I realized that I never place myself first and blindly give my all to others instead. Watching as they go on happily as I become miserable from being unfulfilled. I still have a lot to learn about myself and I humbly thank you for taking time out of your day to read my first blog post.

♥ Ann

Creating a blog is something I still find odd, it’s almost the opposite of what I normally do. Being a photographer, I seek instant gratification in my line of work. I look thru a viewfinder and see what I seek and freeze it in place. So when the notion of creating a blog came up I was a bit hesitant to do so because I truly did not know where to begin. 

Fast-forward a few years to now from that initial thought, mixed in with projects and a splash of life I felt now I was ready to start this new chapter in my life. I choose now to begin my journey with this blog because over these past few years I have been suffering from extreme burnout to the point where I almost gave up photography altogether as well as the arts. I let things get to me and was having trouble letting things go to the point where it gave me this intense anger. And I let this anger affect my work and mental health.
It was not until last year that I realized how important mental health is and how it affects every aspect of your life. I spent the year focusing on how to let the anger go and twist it in another way so my mind can process it and let it go. I let a half year go by where I did not allow myself to touch my camera or any gear because I wanted to almost give myself a blank slate to start from. With this, I was aiming to reintroduce photography to myself and thus began a time of healing with camera in hand.

I hope thru this blog I will find peace and balance with art & words. I also hope to create a place where people who are lost can feel less alone in their journey. I will use this blog as my place to record my healing as well as learn to have a life again.

Hope to talk to you all soon,

♥ Ann