Here we are on the last day of 2012. It was neat to look back at my end of the year post from 2011, the year I went from offering one e-course, one time, to letting it evolve into many E-Courses and into a business. So I wanted to take some time today to look back at all that happened this year and share some of my favourite photos or images that feel like they capture that month for me.
In January:
- Ran a session of Wading In
- Went to the Oregon Coast for a weekend with my Family
- Started training again for a 10km race in the spring (after injuring myself last year training for it).
- Joined Jennifer DeVille and Deb Taylor in the She is Three Collaborative, which I adore
In February:
- Went on a California getaway to my beloved Bay Area and had so much fun adventuring around the city and the east bay
- Went on a gorgeous mini-retreat in Stinson Beach with the lovely Valerie and Elke May.
- Started taking the class Hello Soul, Hello Business which had a big effect on shifts in my business
- Ran a new session of You are Your Own Muse
In March:
- Moved this site over to WordPress with a brand new design
- Ran Rule-Free Photography with Live it To the Full. I had such a blast teaching this one and plan to introduce more Rule-Free goodness in 2013
In April:
- Ran Swan Dive one last time
- Made it to the end of my running training without injurey (yahoooo) and ran my first ever race, a 10km
- Did an amazing mentoring session with Kelly Rae and Beth Nichols which prompted me to redesign my site (again).
- Started on a mission to explore my own neighbourhood further and went on oh so many photowalks!
In May:
- Did a Double Exposure Demo and had so much fun doing it
- Ran Re-Writing your Story, a course oh so close to my heart that I’ll be bringing back in a new evolution in 2013.
- Discovered the Central Valley Greenway, an amazing bike path that leads out of the city and along its way I found some forests that I love exploring and that provide this country girl a little respite from the city. Went on numerous photo bike rides there.
In June:
- Took a trip to PDX to visit my family there
- Did a video and photo shoot with the lovely Kelly Rae Roberts
- Made it a mission to let more of my quirkiness be invited into my own work. To be myself in my business.
- Went to the Your Story Retreat hosted by the Be Present Retreats and photographed the event
- Did a photoshoot with the lovely Chickadee Road gals!
- Taught Montage for the first time ever. It was a wildly different experience to teach video than photography and helped me grow as a teacher big time to be teaching a bit more outside my comfort zone.
- Did a photoshoot with one of my favourite people to photograph, the lovely Jillian
In July:
- Went to the World Domination Summit
- Shot my lovely friends Jo and Tobias’ wedding
- Taught the Chakra Photo Workshop
- Went to my beloved folk festival
- Had a photo published in the awesome This is East Van book!
- Went to Tofino and Uclulet with some lovely friends.
- Turned 35!
In August:
- Went to Ontario to spend some cottage time with the family
- Taught my first in person You are Your Own Muse workshop in Whistler.
In September:
- Started on a mission to demystify self-portraiture and wrote my favourite post of this year.
- Launched the Dreamy Photos E-Book.
- Went to the sunshine coast on a writing weekend!
In October:
- Went to the Sunshine Coast to do a pregnancy shoot with some lovely friends!
- Taught Rose Coloured Glasses
- Went to a retreat in Palm Springs
- Serendipitously ran into the canadian musician Jane Siberry and did a photoshoot with her
- Let myself be engulfed by my self-doubt gremlins (but learned a lot from it).
In November:
- Went to Portland to celebrate my nephew turning 3 and my mom turning 60!
- Ran one final session of Montage for 2012!
In December:
- Went home to spend time with my family for the holidays
- Prepared lots of good things to offer in 2013!
Happy New Year!!!