My New Year wish

As we look ahead to a new year, I’d like to leave you with a wish. This post began as my wish for photographers, but I’ve decided that this message goes beyond any one field and could apply to anyone who chooses it.

My New Year wish for all of us is:

That we stop seeing each other as competitors and instead look to each other as colleagues, potential collaborators, and fellow creatives.

That we let go of others’ expectations for our businesses and all of the things we believe we “should” be doing and instead create our ideal businesses, playing to our strengths, acknowledging our quirks, and accepting ourselves as the unique and worthwhile individuals we are.

That we find our own way of working instead of subscribing to someone else’s template for success.

That we embrace ourselves and each other as artists, even when we don’t feel worthy of the “a” word. 

That we embrace each other as co-conspirators on this messy journey of life.

That we accept our traumas and applaud our triumphs, and realize that both are impermanent. There is always a new day and a new way to create our ideal life and business.

That we believe deep down in our core, in the deepest root of our beings, that who we are is enough and that what we do is valuable, and that it will always be valued by the people who matter.

A dandelion to wish on, by Lulu Bug Jewelry (via Etsy)

Peace and blessings,