Category: my life

Today I spent the whole day in Crystal City attending the Rockstar Roadtrip workshop with Corey McNabb and Amber Holritz. There was a big turn out and it was great to see lots of familiar faces. I’ve met so many amazing people in the last several months from attending workshops, classes and meetings. I meant to take a couple of pictures, but I was just wrapped up in the presentation. The workshop was full of really useful information. And I was so touched by the amazing images that Corey and Amber have produced for their wedding and portrait clients; I felt totally inspired. There were a few images that got me a little choked up, so I can only imagine what their clients must have felt when they first saw them. This is exactly the response that I’m striving for with my own imagery. After today, I have some new ideas for my business, and I’m really excited to get started on a few new projects. You’ll have to stay tuned to see what’s in store!

Whew! My final 101 in 1001 list is complete.

I was originally going to separate the items into categories, but I like the impact of such a long list all in one spot so I settled on just alphebetizing the whole thing. I’ll get started on actually doing these 101 things next week. The official start date is Friday, April 4th!

Project 10/List 2 – Image 6 is green in two ways:

Obviously the feast! label is green in color, but this image also represents one of my very small efforts to “go green.” I’m not as good at recycling as I’d like to be, but I’m pretty good at reusing when I can. I reuse these size shopping bags every day to take my lunch to the office, and I use it until it’s falling apart. I’ve been toting this one for over a month now. (I know I could buy a reusable lunch bag, but if I shop and they’re going to give me a bag, I might as well just use that.) Fyi: my favorite bags of this size are at Bloomingdale’s and Neiman Marcus.

I’ve been wanting to start one of these 101 in 1001 lists for quite a while, and I finally got going on it today. I’m half-way done, and I plan to start accomplishing my goals from the list on April 4, 2008. Why April 4th? Because 1001 days from April 4th, 2008 is December 31, 2010 and I thought that sounded like the perfect finale date.

You can see the first half of my list here, and I promise to have the rest of it completed in a week. I’ll be blogging and photographing each item on the list so you can keep me accountable. If you want to start with me and finish up on that date in 2010, you still have plenty of time to create your list! From the Day Zero website:

Creating your own 1001 Day Project

The Mission:
Complete 101 preset tasks in a period of 1001 days.

The Criteria:
Tasks must be specific (i.e., no ambiguity in the wording) with a result that is either measurable or clearly defined. Tasks must also be realistic and stretching (i.e., represent some amount of work on my part).

Why 1001 Days?
Many people have created lists in the past – frequently simple goals such as New Year’s resolutions. The key to beating procrastination is to set a deadline that is realistic. 1001 Days (about 2.75 years) is a better period of time than a year, because it allows you several seasons to complete the tasks, which is better for organising and timing some tasks such as overseas trips or outdoor activities.

So let’s go and get some goals accomplished!

Can you guess what this is?

Highlight here for the answer: it’s the spectrum of light that lands on my hallway wall in the late afternoon. It’s light coming from the peephole on the door!