New Year, New… Everything.

It has been so long since my last blog post, not only had I forgotten the password, I couldn’t recall who hosts my blog. This cannot be good!

BRING YOU UP TO SPEED:
As last year was wrapping up I was looking forward to the new and coming year. I had a lot of new ideas swirling around in my head and was chomping at the bit to get started. Well here it is that last day of January and I have to say I’m off to a good start. January has not been without it’s curve balls, but history tells me that January is a bad time for those who are not their healthiest or the strongest. In spite of this or maybe because of it I have been even more determined to make changes, actually reinvent is more like it. I like that term better than new year’s resolution as I am hoping to make this stick.

On January 16th this year I began a sabbatical from work.
Wikipedia definition of sabbatical
Sab·bat·i·cal – noun
any extended period of leave from one’s customary work, especially for rest, to acquire new skills or training, etc. Lasting anywhere from three months to one year.

On the 16th starting talking an e-course; Hello Soul, Hello Business from Kelly Rae Roberts.

http://kellyraeroberts.com/hello-soul-hello-business

I have included a link because enough of my friends have asked what I was doing and because it has really got me thinking, digging deep and wondering…. a lot about my business and what I really want to do with it.

The honest answer is, I don’t know!

I feel like I have been very fortunate to have had Leeper Photo in my life for the last thirteen years. I feel even more fortunate that the last two where the most successful yet. Successful meaning the most growth, profit, sessions, staff, etc. When you look at the books Leeper Photo has had a great run. I have learned so much and feel so very blessed to be able to work in a field that I love, and I do love photography, though I never dreamed I would be a portrait photographer in the sense that Leeper Photo has lead me. I have always thought / dreamed that someday I would be an artist, making art from my own intuition for the sake of art itself, not necessarily for the books. Five years at CCS majoring in Fine Art Photography will do that to a person, especially a young person with no real since of how the world works.

I’m no longer a young person and I certainly have a better understanding as to how the world works. It is both brutal and beautiful at the same time. There is something that inspires me everywhere I look and I can no longer silence the voice in my soul that screams to create something, anything, even if it’s bad. DO IT, DO IT NOW!! She is loud that voice inside.

a gift from my husband

So with the blessing of my family and the support of my friends (I thank you all so very much) I am on sabbatical. For the next four months, maybe a year (talk to me in April) I’m going to search, dig deep, breath, play, create bad art and stay open to what may come my way. In other words I don’t have a clue. And I’m okay with that. Actually, I’m more that okay, I’m more excited about life and it’s possibility that I have in a long time.

My goal over the next four months is to trust that I am in the right place doing the right thing and to just enjoy the journey, wont you come along?

where you will find me