2023 was a crazy year for me! I learned with time that there is no such thing as a “bad year” or a “good year.” There are good and bad days in a single year. Sometimes, there are more bad days than good ones, but I’ve learned to let the good overcome the bad, to let it outshine the negative times and make them seem small. It is extremely difficult to do so, but when you see the bigger picture, when you see how God can take the bad and turn it into good, you will thank Him in all circumstances and your hope will renew. Here are the lessons I learned this year!
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A new year has begun. The winter holidays are always a time of not only celebrations but also reflections. Here’s my little reflection of 2022. Let me know in the comments or on social media what was yours! You should try this exercise, it’s like journaling.
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Another year gone! Time flies so fast, it’s quite unfathomable. And every time the end approaches, I usually reflect back on the good times, the bad ones, and what I’ve learned in order to make the next year better.
Here are 22 lessons, or song lyrics, that have rung true in 2022.
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Two summers ago, I planned a photoshoot with a fashion influencer I hadn’t seen in three years. She was telling me how nice the pictures I had recently posted on Instagram were. She looked pleasantly surprised. When I thanked her for the compliment, she asked me, “How are your pictures nicer? Did you buy a new camera?” I happily replied, “No, I became a better photographer.”
For the longest time, I feared not improving as a photographer. Sometimes, it is difficult for me to say that I am a professional photographer because, first, hello imposter syndrome, and second, I don’t take photos for a living. I only do it for my family and friends, for artistic purposes, or simply for fun. But I’ve come a long way since my first photoshoot. What makes a good photographer, you wonder? Here are a few things I learned.
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I was quite excited yesterday. Excited to scream GOODBYE to 2016, goodbye to friendships that don’t bear fruits, goodbye to tears buried in prayers, goodbye to overthinking, goodbye to lack of confidence, goodbye to uncertainty, goodbye to judging, comparing, and psychologically killing myself, goodbye to unhealthiness, goodbye to complaints, goodbye to laziness and procrastination, goodbye to dark thoughts, goodbye to (self-)hate(rs), goodbye to holding grudges, goodbye to my demons, goodbye to the lack of energy, goodbye to failures, goodbye to bullies… Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye! (more…)
MARIA MAGDELEINA 