Directions...

Do you ever feel like you took a wrong turn....or missed the turn you needed to make?

Life is a journey...we can't always "turn around" so to speak....but we can change direction.
I have started a photography business and at times get impatient with myself in my goals....both business and personal. However...I do try to keep perspective...

My goals this year are posted on this blog as my first blog post of the year.
I have lost 4 pounds since that post....and yet....sometimes I feel as though things are not moving along as they should. Now, it isn't always humanly possible or healthy to move things along at the pace we want them to go.
I do get this....understand it...see it....but I still have to remind myself that all things take time. Just keep the focus and it will happen.

My train of focus does get derailed by others as well....today I was suppose to go shoot some local sites...however, my youngest child decided it was a sick day....today's train = derailed. BUT hey...life is ever changing.
I did manage to get some editing done, a professional blog post completed and published...lunch... and then i got bored so as we know we should NEVER do....I cut my own hair.

I know you are thinking "OMG!"

but it really isn't bad...It's actually pretty good for doing it myself with no help this time! :D

I will have to post a photo soon....and it is only shoulder length. I didn't butcher it.... I just got bored and decided to see "what if..."

LOL....I know that those "what if I did this" moments don't usually turn out the way we think they will. This time I just ......well I was going to say "lucky" but that doesn't really seem appropriate. My best friend is famous for telling people that "you make your own luck". You do. We tend to  say "oh that person just got lucky" when we see someone who has reached a goal or gotten somewhere we want to be and haven't gotten there yet. However we don't see all the time, effort, blood, sweat and tears that went into that achievement.

Hopefully I will "have just gotten lucky" by December of 2012....as I hope that the directions I have chosen for the year unfold to the path that leads me to the achievements I wish to attain.
Wish me luck..... or not.... but stay tuned to see if it happens....after all, there is still that "I told you so"!

Blogging Regular in 2012

Welcome back to my own personal blog!

I set a goal for 2012 of blogging on a consistent basis. So, this is my second blog  post...week 2's blog if you will. By the end of 2012 there will hopefully be 52 blog posts on this site.

This past week has been all about focus.  FOCUS! That is what I keep telling myself. Keep your eye on the goal. The goals are many so sometimes it is hard to keep focus when it seems so scattered. However! I did it. One week at time and 2012 will hopefully show more successes than the last year.
I did say you could say "I told you so!"....therefore, here is a reminder of this year's list of goals:

1. Run two 5K's this year so that I will keep running....maybe in April and again in October 
2. Up the workout to get the sculpting and toning desired
3. Organize my life....Home, SEO, Photography 
4. Build SEO clients
5. Grow photography business and clients
6. Branch photography out into more adventures and meeting more people...experience more styles!
7. Blog personally and professionally on a consistant basis
8. Grow and learn and continue the adventure

Goal 1: RUN!
...I have ran all three workout days this past week. I made my 40 minute treadmill time count and managed 2.5 to 3.02 miles each day.
Goal 2: up the workout
...I have added laps in between wt sets to keep up the cardio and endurance. I have kept each workout appointment with myself and NOT whimped out. I have also added an extra day. I made sunday afternoon pilates class this past weekend.

Goal 3: Orgainize my life!
...well, my house is getting cleaned. My list of to do's is on going. My kitchen has a new pot rack and it has been hung!
...I am purchasing a new laptop and outer disk drive to better organize my work environment.
...and I have spent twice the time communicating and working on SEO this past week!

Goals 4, 5, and 6 are gonna take a little more time and effort to report back on.

Goal 7: blog consistently.....
...well here it is in cyberspace and you are reading the proof....so goal 7 accomplished this week.

Goal 8:Grow and Learn
... again...ongoing and time is needed!

So...share your opinions, your goals, and even your frustrations if you so desire.

and Keep checking back for the "I told You SO!"'s