So that snow never materialized, but the weather STILL sucked! The wind made for a shaky ride, walk, skip...whatever the heck you were up to I'm guessing you did it on a lean!
I got up to some stuff today...got up early to go into the office, dentist appointment and work event. Pretty busy day, coming to an end so I'm happy about that. In the midst of the day's goings on I was asked about the MANY selfies I've been taking (jokingly, I thiiiiiink lol). I'm going to try to do a better job explaining now than I did earlier lol.
Prior to Borrow Season, there were really not that many pictures of me around. Not just on the internet, but in general. I don't have "welcome home from the hospital" pics, or "baby's first birthday" pics or a bunch of other milestone. So I never really thought much of pictures. The older and rounder I became the less interested in pictures I became. I had no real interest in getting anything to remember my memories by and I sure as hell didn't want to look back and obsess about my size in them.
What this means is that for a long while I had pictures upon pictures of other people, I was like a part time unqualified photographer lol. As I've moved here and there my sadness about not having a lot of pictures of myself have increased. When I go to my friend's house and go through albums and boxes I cannot help but feel the warmth of someone's love. Not saying pictures equal love, I'm just saying someone's love made sure those pics got developed, stored in a box, from house to house..and yet and still I didn't take many pictures. I didn't like the way I looked mostly and that, among other things, continues to be a work on progress.
Fast forward to Borrow Season, I wanted to make sure I took pics of things!! Everything really, but not everything is worth a pic and most things are at night inside some place. No, I'm not going to be the guy in the back with the bright ass flash lol. I found that I was the easiest thing to photograph and since I'm often alone, I'm the subject and the taker. As an added bonus pictures of me smiling actually made me smile when I looked at them later. A selfie monster was born lol.
The more pictures I take the more I love my face, my smile and my body. The more pictures I take the more I am reminded of the most important person in my life-ME! Everyday I spend some "me time" taking selfies..whether I post them or not, EVERYDAY I take them. What started as a way to just make sure I was taking more pics really turned into an exercise in self-love and being grounded in reality. I take them doing crazy things, I keep them even when both my chins are showing or my hands are ashy or I don't like my hair that day.
When I look at those pics later in the day I always remark to myself "I look so happy" even though x,y and z. That's reality, that's my reality and probably yours. And when I take a pic, besides cropping I don't filter them. I'm no longer worried about a perfect picture where everything is just so, now I revel in the imperfections of my world-including my pictures.
Who knew that some bad angled, sometimes poorly lit, and always imperfect pictures would make me feel so good?! So, yeah, that's my answer lol! What ridiculous thing do you do that makes you happy? Are there favorite pictures that automatically transport you back to that moment? Pretty awesome, right?! I look forward to doing the same with these, so bear with me and all the pictures. Enjoy your night!'#LongLiveTheSelfie #ImprefectlyPerfect #BorrowSeason
I got up to some stuff today...got up early to go into the office, dentist appointment and work event. Pretty busy day, coming to an end so I'm happy about that. In the midst of the day's goings on I was asked about the MANY selfies I've been taking (jokingly, I thiiiiiink lol). I'm going to try to do a better job explaining now than I did earlier lol.
Prior to Borrow Season, there were really not that many pictures of me around. Not just on the internet, but in general. I don't have "welcome home from the hospital" pics, or "baby's first birthday" pics or a bunch of other milestone. So I never really thought much of pictures. The older and rounder I became the less interested in pictures I became. I had no real interest in getting anything to remember my memories by and I sure as hell didn't want to look back and obsess about my size in them.
What this means is that for a long while I had pictures upon pictures of other people, I was like a part time unqualified photographer lol. As I've moved here and there my sadness about not having a lot of pictures of myself have increased. When I go to my friend's house and go through albums and boxes I cannot help but feel the warmth of someone's love. Not saying pictures equal love, I'm just saying someone's love made sure those pics got developed, stored in a box, from house to house..and yet and still I didn't take many pictures. I didn't like the way I looked mostly and that, among other things, continues to be a work on progress.
Fast forward to Borrow Season, I wanted to make sure I took pics of things!! Everything really, but not everything is worth a pic and most things are at night inside some place. No, I'm not going to be the guy in the back with the bright ass flash lol. I found that I was the easiest thing to photograph and since I'm often alone, I'm the subject and the taker. As an added bonus pictures of me smiling actually made me smile when I looked at them later. A selfie monster was born lol.
The more pictures I take the more I love my face, my smile and my body. The more pictures I take the more I am reminded of the most important person in my life-ME! Everyday I spend some "me time" taking selfies..whether I post them or not, EVERYDAY I take them. What started as a way to just make sure I was taking more pics really turned into an exercise in self-love and being grounded in reality. I take them doing crazy things, I keep them even when both my chins are showing or my hands are ashy or I don't like my hair that day.
When I look at those pics later in the day I always remark to myself "I look so happy" even though x,y and z. That's reality, that's my reality and probably yours. And when I take a pic, besides cropping I don't filter them. I'm no longer worried about a perfect picture where everything is just so, now I revel in the imperfections of my world-including my pictures.
Who knew that some bad angled, sometimes poorly lit, and always imperfect pictures would make me feel so good?! So, yeah, that's my answer lol! What ridiculous thing do you do that makes you happy? Are there favorite pictures that automatically transport you back to that moment? Pretty awesome, right?! I look forward to doing the same with these, so bear with me and all the pictures. Enjoy your night!'#LongLiveTheSelfie #ImprefectlyPerfect #BorrowSeason