Have you ever felt so in need of feeding your soul? You wake up and you just aren’t excited for anything, even when there is good stuff happening. Too much work and not enough play can really run you ragged. I’ve been there before and then I dug myself out of it with my photography. Well recently I found myself waking up depressed and everything I was doing was suffering because I didn’t have any heart in it. My health went from in the best shape of my life to way over weight and feeling uncomfortable, I was working a job I felt I had to because it’s what was expected of me, picking up extra shifts because I can’t say no. My love/business of photography wasn’t as busy since I was distracted by other “priorities” I felt I had to focus on instead.
With 2020 I wanted to make changes and get back to that passion for life I once had. I needed to feed my soul of the creativity I crave and get away from a 9-5 desk. I promised myself that everyday I would focus on photography regardless if it was actually photographing or working on my website, social media etc. I also told my amazing friends that I wanted to go to the gym and guess what…. they held me to it and forced me out of bed and into the gym. My soul is waking up and I find myself inspired and excited! I asked a friend to come over so I could photograph her in my new studio area in my house. This was simply a session just for me to shoot, to do whatever I wanted with no expectations and man it felt amazing. I once had a friend ask if I ever get tired of photography and I couldn’t even imagine getting tired of it. Today was a reminder just how much I need my photography. It is like a therapy session for me, it truly feeds my soul and makes me excited for tomorrow.
So my question to you is, what feeds your soul? Are you doing it or are you just crawling through life feeling every bump? Do whatever it takes to feel that excitement for life every single day.
Here are some of the images my friend Paige and I were able to create today.
Thanks for reading and feed your soul this year!
