Thanks for all your kind words about my photog business. It has been in the making for a long time and I am happy to finally have it be “official.” I certainly won’t get rich-as my availability is quite limited–as I have two kids, go to school, serve on the board of a non-profit, am learning how to write grants and serve as webmaster/designer for my mom’s website. I swear that I also enjoy my husbands company. It’s a shame we rarely get any quality time together.
I was talking with hubby yesterday about my photog business and he quietly laughed and said that I must not think 5 jobs was enough. I looked at him and he listed them….
“mom, wife, student, EOR board member/grant writer, webmaster, and now photographer.”
I had to remind him that I am not content unless I am doing all that I can. I love being a wife and mother but neither of those things are fulfilling in and of themselves. They bring me great joy but not enough to make me feel “complete.” I love working with EOR and that is an awesome responsibility and pleasure. It will keep me busy but there is more. I don’t even want to talk about school. It has become such a part of who I am as a person. I have been in school the entire 12 years that my husband and I have been together. I know he is waiting for the day that he can know me as a non-student. Webmaster for my mom is less of a job and more of an obligation. But it’s really only something that I have to do two or three times a year. So that’s not too bad.
I think my hubby worries that I am taking on too much. My photog business is going to be very relaxed and I only hope to do a few sessions a month. Nothing major. I know I don’t have a lot of time, but this is something that I have hoped and wanted to do since Noah came home and I really got back into photography again–I did go to school for it for a couple years. I finally feel like I am nurturing my whole self. Like I have something for all the parts of me. Maybe it will be too much. Maybe I will become successful at it–I know I am already successful with taking pictures, but you know what I mean.
I don’t know what the future holds, but I do know that I don’t want to wake up and wonder “What could have been.” That would suck.
Well, you won’t really know how much is too much until you try adding more. When it’s too much, you’ll know!
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Oh how this came at the perfect time on the perfect day. I am posting a post about it now….check back later and you will see why!
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