I love your resolutions! You sound alot like me. I forgot to add to mine that I want to find some photography groups to join. I would like the support of other artists but I also need other artists to help keep me accountable. I’ve gotten lazy with creating! Anyway, good luck on your endeavors! I hope they are all successful for you!

I hope you don’t mind, I might have to steal some of your goals. You are so organized! Mine was a spillage of hopeful word vomit! I give you props for all the changes you plan for this year! I’m in a job that I’m burnt-out in as well -been a nurse for 17 years and while I love it, it does nothing to nurture the creative, free spirit me. I started with photography about 5-6 years ago…went back to school full time with a nursing job and 4 kids. Was not easy but I loved it. After 1 semester, the college went bankrupt and I was left with loans and wondering if I made a mistake. I know I didn’t because I still love it and at least I got some great basics. Now I use tutorials, books and experimentation to continue the learning path. Brooke is so inspiring. I hope to meet some other like minded people who I can chat, bounce ideas off of and share with. Do you know of any groups?

1. Let go and move on from what and who has hurt and betrayed me in the past. This year has painfully revealed many that have used and betrayed me and this has affected my emotional, mental and physical well-being. I want to honour these losses and then move on from these burdens.
2. I resigned (read here: http://www.margheritaintrona.com/#!New-season-new-dreams/c20iz/55e618930cf24e84f75e995b) and as from 1 December I now have the opportunity to create a whole different work life for myself. This needs to start with creating a productive, inspiring and passionate routine for my work life.
3. Complete the repairs to the house and finish my studio and office space.
4. Turn my passion for fine art photography into a passionate and profitable business. This has a whole sub-category of goals I am working on!
5. Take better care of myself and my health.
6. Get my fitness back.
7. Make time to do the things I love and used to do regularly, but have not been able to do for the last 3 years, i.e. go for hikes, spend time in the mountains, swim in mountain pools, go climbing, go camping in the bush…
8. Start working through the material I have already created for my book of fine art nude images and determine the way forward for this project.
9. Partake and exhibit at next year’s local gift fair.
10. Travel 🙂
11. Do more for animal charities. I support a number of these regularly, but I would like to become involved in a project of some sort as a way to give back. This is something very special to my heart. I am not yet sure how to go about this, but want to give it some thought and research accordingly. If possible, also in a way that includes photography.
12. Improve my Italian speaking skills.

Thank you for listening…
Love & Light
Margherita

I have had such amazing year, i have learned a lot about my photography and about myself. Big thanks about that goes to you and your workshop, you are amazing person and i just hope that we will meet again some day 🙂

In my next years resolution list is:
– to be kind and more understanding to others.
– i just started to study Empowering photography, which i believe is going to have huge impact to me also and hopefully i can use it to help others, it’s going to be maybe my biggest thing in my next year.
– to be kinder and more understanding to myself.
– go out to the woods more and maybe also do some camping.
– to dust away my imagination and brain cells i will attend ceramics class, dark room technique class, shooting my photos to film and learning some old photography things like cyanotype. Just for fun and just to get new inspiration :).
– learn and work harder with photoshop and with my photos
– start to write stories more when planning my photos, to think more what i want to say with my photos.
– make more effort with my blog and also make more effort to find a way to get my photos ‘out there’.
– build my portfolio more with coherent style and make more photos.

Love
Tiina

2. Be less concerned about what people think about me

3. Shoot the creative projects that I’ve wanted to do and have been planning but never did because I doubted myself

4. Learn and grow as much as I can in life and photography

5. Be healthier mind and body

I have been gardening my whole life, so I have always wanted a large greenhouse! This greenhouse is being paid by the NRCS (Natural Resources Conservation Service) http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detailfull/national/programs/?cid=stelprdb1046250, They are trying to get more produce grows started, which is really cool! 🙂
I will definitely send you something! 😉

A novel exchange, what a NOVEL idea! See what I did there? LOL
That would be great! 🙂

My resolutions for 2016 are (drum roll)

1. start making videos to support my photography activity and for the fun of it.
I very recently opened my youtube channel and started creating some BTS videos with material I already have but I definitely want to get more exposed in person and start creating mindful contents – especially in Italian Language.
2. take more care of and expand my photography business in my area.
3. promote my fine-art works in some galleries in Italy and abroad, trying to start being represented.
4. start a new series of 10 I have in mind and exhibit it later on after summer
5. being happy because I do what I love and love what I do
6. being braver and more confident
7. start teaching workshops more consistently and often in my area
8. doing charity workshop and volunteering in a public library I know that does very nice initiatives in my town
9. become a (wiser) business woman
10. continue pursuing my dreams and passions even if I’ll be one year older

Oh thanks for all you do for us, for the great Community we are in BSPoP Group in FB.