Hello, Spring!
I always look forward to May, but because my birthday is tomorrow, this month hits me harder than any other. It’s like waking up with the whole month of May right in your face, nose-to-nose screaming, “HEY, IT’S MAY! I’M HEEEEEERE! GOOD MORNING!” And then you realize that May is the FIFTH month, meaning the year is already almost half over. WHAT?
I’ve been talking with friends and family a lot lately about aging and how the passage of time seems sped up now. How, as a kid, I fizzed with barely-contained excitement as my birthday inched — Oh, that the minutes could tick by so slowly! — nearer and nearer. How the difference and distance between ages 9 and 10 could be so very vast. And yet how (somehow) today I find I have to pause and think hard when someone asks, “How old are you?” “25? 27? Wait. No, have I had that birthday yet? What month is it? 26? Yes, 26. I’m still 26.” Because I’m pretty sure I turned 26 about 45 minutes ago and the whole last year has not happened yet. And then I’m forced to wonder how much faster time can get, and pray it’s not much quicker than this because as it stands I’m having a hard time keeping up and drinking it in.
So for my birthday (my 27th birthday; I’ve double-checked), I’m going to slow it down. I’m going to make carrot cupcakes and go on a picnic and read my book by the water with my Honey in 80-degree weather. And then I’m going to let May do whatever the heck it wants with me — slowly. And it should be pretty dang fun.
May Goals (April holdovers in italics):
- Tweak my portrait session pricing (in a way that is beneficial to my clients!)
- Celebrate my birthday
- Likewise, celebrate Honey’s birthday (the big 3-0!)
- Host my first Photo Party (Sunday, May 30th!)
- Rework my accounting system to make it cheaper and easier
- Reorganize my website for a better flow of information
- I recognize that this is subjective, but: Stay productive every day
- Finish and order studio album TWO of three (work in progress)
- Privately journal once a week (This one is kicking my rear)
- Create the print display I’ve got stuck in my head
Completed April Goals:
- Put on real, adult clothes at least 4 weekdays/week (Hey, when you work from home, pajama pants are much more inviting) — I dressed myself like a living, functioning adult all but TWO days in April. Take that, slovenliness!
- Keep fresh flowers in my house all month! — Discovered that Trader Joe’s is great for this habit.
- Do my taxes (barf)
- Visit my family in California
- Bring back something very secret and important from my trip (Shh!) — For being really bad at keeping my own secrets, I’m doing a REALLY good job with this one. And this particular part of it actually turned out about 1,000,000,000x better than expected. Shh!
- Orchestrate a just-for-me shoot — Technically, I completed this with Micha’s shoot, but it wasn’t what I had in mind when I wrote this goal. It’s being put on hold until the next time I go back to California (when, hopefully, Mother Nature won’t conspire against me).
- Do a couple of free kids sessions, just to get my imagination going — See: previous three posts.
by Molly
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