So today I will attempt to add another 30 items to my list as well as cross off a few that I have completed 🙂
1. Go on a Wednesday afternoon picnic with my husband and my dog
2. Teach Freddie (my dog) to roll over
3. Go on a trip to Europe
4. Shoot a destination wedding
5. Go on a roadtrip – destination unknown
6. Have lunch or a real conversation with a photographer I admire
7. Make my mind up about having children
8. Buy a new house
9. Set up a home studio in said house
10. Smile more
11. Get my photo taken at least once a month for the next six months ( I never take photos of myself as it’s something I hate)
12. Do a portrait session with my family Completed April 13th – To be displayed in a blog post shortly
13. Do a portrait session with my husband 🙂 (We don’t have any formal photos since Christmas 2003 unless you count our wedding photos)
14. Participate in a workshop
15. Attend WPPI again but do the Business Institute and Master classes as well 🙂
16. Get my business to go in the direction that I want it to with the clients that I want
17. Make sure that this time when I attend WPPI – I go a few days early so I can photograph all the landscapes I want
18. Do at least 5 seniors sessions
19. Donate my time to a local cause using my photography skills
20. Tell my husband one thing that I love about him (that’s different from the day before) every day for a month 🙂
21. Be a second shooter for a photographer I admire
22. Plan something great for our wedding anniversary
23. Spend more time with my mother
24. Take my little brother back to Canada’s Wonderland
25. Take my 19 year old brother out to a bar for drinks just the two of us
26. Give everyone of my bride’s a little gift to thank them for the gift they have bestowed upon me
27. Join the chamber of commerce Joined April 24th
28. Donate more money to charities or donate more time
29. Buy lens, end and body caps for all my gear and actually keep them without losing them for an entire wedding season
30. Lose 20 pounds before the end of the year
31. Go out dancing with my best friend Stella’s – April 25th
32. Have a get together with all my brides for the upcoming season
33. Get a few new backdrops for the studio
34. Create a really great mother’s day and father’s day gifts
35. Recover the panels in the office
36. Participate as a vendor in a local bridal show
37. Try thai food
38. Get together with some friends from out of town and catch up
39. Photograph a “first peek” session before the ceremony
40. Become a member of “Now I lay me down to sleep”
41. Deliver all of my brides and grooms their photos online within two weeks of the wedding
42. Quit pop – for good this time (don’t laugh it’s a serious addiction)
43. Swim in the ocean
44. Go fishing (haven’t done this in a long long time)
45. Add 10$ to a savings account every time I complete something on this list
46. Get my full G
47. Take a photo that represents each of the words in the 100 snapshots challenge ( http://thaumaturgise.wordpress.com/101-things/pictures/)
48. Go camping at BYNG
49. Go camping in Algonquin
50. Print some of our wedding photos to hang in our living room
51. Learn conversational Spanish
52. Learn conversational Italian
53. Take Freddie to puppy obedience classes
54. Take a tropical vacation
55. Learn how to snorkel or scuba dive
56. Take photos from the top of a mountain
57. Ride in a helicopter
58. At least three times in this period – push past my fear about something – and climb over the wall to do it anyway (ask me more if you’d like to understand this)
59. Research one new thing I’d like to learn a month – whether photography related or not (and blog about it) for six months
60. Go kayaking again – somewhere picturesque
61. Be a little more risky
62. Get regular pedicures this summer
63. Get regular massages this summer
64. Get signs made for the office
65. Install the fixed phone in the office so that when I lose power on the portable I can still answer calls!
66. Prepare flyers and promotional items for the bridal show
67. Plant the garden in the backyard
68. Dress Freddie (my dog) up for Halloween in a doggie Halloween costume
69. Change phone companies
70. Launch portrait site
71. Blog a video once every two weeks
72. Create an official charging station in the studio
73. Enter 5 photography contests
74. Shoot a “wear the dress” session in my favourite place in Ontario
75. Create a standardized logo file with my logo made to fit samples, envelopes, letterhead etc…
76. Get my hard drives under control
77. Finish MD photo book
78. Delete old and unecessary facebook messages
79. Order new business cards
80. Book a wedding out of province
81. Teach a basics course on how to take better photos
82. Finish office reno
83. Finish this list
84. Get glare free glass for all of my frames
85. Clean out my car – top to bottom and then get a car wash that includes the inside of my car
86. Order sample prints for comparison
87. Create supplier pricing binder & customer pricing binder
88. Order new batteries and charger
89. Go to bed on time more
90. Read more Bukowski
91. Take a cooking class
Not bad – it’s so weird to put together this list and try and think of all the things that only need to be done but that I want to do. It kinda helps put things into perspective. Only 10 more items to go – I’m going to really think about these and make them worth it.
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