I’m not sure if I’ve ever shared this here before, but I have a quote on my computer desktop that I look at almost every single day. I think it describes how I feel really well.
“But we live through the fine days without noticing them; only when we fall on evil ones do we wish to have back the former. With sour faces we let a thousand bright and pleasant hours slip by unenjoyed and afterwards vainly sigh for their return when times are trying and depressing. Instead of this, we should cherish every present moment that is bearable, even the most ordinary, which with such indifference we now let slip by, and even with impatience push on.”
Life is too frickin’ short. End of story. I had to ask myself (and this is an ongoing thing, really) how can I make sure it doesn’t all slip away without my noticing?
On November 20, 2009 I started taking one photo every day. I first wrote about it here, and I’m not sure if anyone knew this but they’ve been quietly posted on this page as well as on my Flickr (almost) every day. Sometimes I tweeted a favourite. Usually I didn’t. I’m not about the hubbub. :)
I called it a visual autobiography – a calendar of sorts – and I as look back on all those photos I realize that description still rings very true for me. I don’t know when it’s going to end exactly, but I do know this… it’s going to end when it stops being fun.
It’s been an interesting project. I missed a few days here and there, but I’m not beating myself up about it. I have to say, I love looking back. It’s reminded me to stop and be mindful of both the big and small things that are going on around me – whether they are beautiful or utterly mundane.
I cleaned it up a bit the other day and I thought someone would like to see what it all looks like to date. Here it is, in slideshow format. Or you can just look at the whole shebang on one page.
Some faves:
