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Starting a Photogrpahy Business: Part 15 – The Blueprint

As the first few days of 2011 are upon us I have to confess that any New Year’s resolutions I have made in the past rarely last beyond a couple of weeks for me so I stopped doing them a few years ago and instead I take time throughout the year to add things into my life that help make the day flow a little easier.

Last year I started 2010 with a method that was completely new to me; and I must credit Jennifer McLean at http://www.masterworkshealing.com for these questions and putting the idea into my mind. I sat down and wrote out in detail what I wanted to happen in 2010 as if it had already happened and I focused on several key questions:

  • What do I want this year in my personal life?
  • What do I want this year for my financial life?
  • What do I want this year for my business life?
  • What do I want this year for my spiritual life?

I would read it every so often over the year to remind me what I was aiming for and reading it again just before writing this article it was uplifting to see how many of things I’d written about had materialized and in a far greater way than I could ever have expected. Read More→

Starting a Photography Business: Part 14 – Remember the Wins

With the end of the year fast approaching I took some time on the winter solstice to sit down and think about how the year has been for me professionally and personally.  I quite like taking time to assess the year rather than just rolling straight into the next one without thinking and feeling grateful for the achievements of the one I’m moving on from.

As well as looking back at what’s gone it’s also an exercise in looking to the future and setting some goals for what I’d like to achieve next year; not necessarily huge goals there were both personal and professional, big and small on the list for me.

I find doing this helps to bring positive energy to the end of the year and take it with you into the new one.  It’s good to have this clearing period and to remind yourself just how much good has happened in your life, all the things you cherish and all the things big and small that you achieved, learnt and had fun doing.

This year I used a list of questions to review the year from the blog of business coach Jack Canfield, they cover many different areas of business and personal life without making it heavy, I found a quiet place and sat down and started writing by the end of it I was in a place of happiness and gratitude for all the good things that I have experienced this year, all the hunches I followed that came up trumps and I am now looking forward to ushering in 2011 knowing where I want to get to, what I want to put into my life for me and where I want to take my photography business. Read More→