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2011 was my first year on Flickr with a Pro account and I'm so glad that I upgraded it, I love having my photos all together and organised.
And now you can see all my photos from 2011 together on there as well. Hurray!
p.s. the winner of the last Christmas giveaway is Harriet!! Well done.
For the past few years, Susannah Conway (who I’m sure that you know that I love by now) has beenchoosing a word to define her year by and try as I might I haven’t been able to choose one.But this year I have and I’m very excited about it!
For some reason, this word just popped into my head and it made sense… and the word is:
I'm not really sure why this word popped into my head, but it felt right and the more that I thought about it – the more that I liked it.
The definition is:
con•sid•er•ate [kuh n-sid-er-it] adj. 1. showing kindly awareness or regard for another’s feelings, circumstances, etc 2. carefully considered; deliberate. 3. marked by consideration or reflection; deliberate; prudent.
I feel that normally I am a considerate person – of other people feelings especially – but I think this year I want to be considerate of my feelings, my future and where I want to be in 5 – 10 years time. I want to be considerate when I’m taking my photos, considerate when I’m writing my blog posts and considerate especially of myself, through eating healthily, exercising, going for long walks, making a nice cup of tea, that kind of thing…
I’ve spent the past 3 years settling into a new life in Leeds, finalising the end of University, moving to new houses and a lot of that time worrying about other people but never truly deciding on where it is that I want to end up in my life. In fact, I’ve almost avoided thinking about it – partly because of disappointment in my career (or lack of, haha) and partly because, even though I’m 26 – I’ve never felt grown up enough to truly make those kind of decisions… isn’t that bizarre. (I don't think anyone ever feels properly grown up btw, but that is a whole different post)
Of course, this doesn’t mean that I want to make all sorts of decisions right here and now or even in this year – I truly believe that things will happen in their own time whether I like it or now – but in choosing this word – I’m hoping that it opens me up to different possibilities and opportunities, as I’m no longer scared of things working out differently from how I thought that they might have done before…
p.s. Susannah has put together an amazing workbook for 2012, which I’m currently working through now and it’s really helping me feel grounded for the year ahead, I truly recommend it.
p.p.s. I hope that made sense lol
{Image from A Beautiful Mess}
1. Get fitter and healthier and stay that way.
2. Stop worrying so much.
3. Take too many photos.
(inspired by my friend Anna)
4. Be happy.
Don't try and be happy, just be happy.
It really is a very simple list, lets hope I can do it!
Here's to 2012.
I love end of year recaps, it's so fun to remember the good things about a year I think and blogging definitely helps me with that! This year has flown by, it has definitely had it's up and it's downs but overall, I think it was pretty good to me - it could have been an awful lot worse.
In January...
Thomas and I went on our first documented 'little photography' date.
...and I celebrated my Diana Mini for a week with some blog friends.
In February...
I dabbled a bit with the Lomography redscale film.
...and I talked about how I feel when I take a photo
(one of my favourite ever posts)
In March...
We went to Liverpool and I used my first ever black and white film.
...and I took my first ever
as well.
In April...
I went to the Lomography meet up in Manchester where I met the Lomo Mum's
and caught the LC-A bug.
...and I caught up with photos from our visits April including Stratford Upon Avon, York, Henley in Arden and Bourton on the Water.
...and I used my Ricoh 500G for the first time and loved it.
In June...
We went to Knaresborough with our Mum's.
...and posted my favourite post ever of Harry (I just love him)
In August...
I mostly took part in the August Break and
(there are currently 30 posts labelled Paris and I still haven't finished...)
In September...
It was my dreaded26th birthday, which wasn't actually that bad at all and...
In October...
I took part in Frocktober
...and finally organised the films and cameras that I use on my blog.
In November...
I took part in Susannah Conway's Photo Meditations and I'm so, so glad!
(you can see related posts here)
...and I shared my first Olympus Trip roll of film.
In December...
{Group photo by Claire aka Kneehigh785}
I went to another Lomography Meet Up in Leeds which was so fun.
and I finally bought an LC-A, woohoo!
Wow, I took a lot of photos in 2011
So here's the crazy part - I used 45 films! 45!!! But looking through my 2011 posts, I'm really glad to see that I've been using more cameras and learning more about myself through them.
I can't wait to take more photos in 2012!
p.s. although thinking about it, 45 isn't even a roll a week... perhaps I should do that for 2012...
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