So I've Come to the Realization...

...that I am not particularly good at keeping a journal...or journaling as some call it...at least not in the "traditional" sense. I have friends who are awesome at this. They keep notebooks and do regular blog posts and write, write, write. I can write, I like to write, but something occurs when I have to write about what happens daily, my thoughts and feelings, etc. I have been encouraged to keep a journal for Reiki, dreams, and other things but I have found it to be difficult.  I just get ...stuck I guess.  I'm not sure why but there it is. It's not that I have an issue with words or anything. In fact, I love words! I read all the time, often several books at once. I also love languages. I've studied Japanese and Mandarin. I teach Sanskrit Mantra for Pete's sake!

Something I am good at though is taking pictures and video. Maybe it's because I'm really visually and audially oriented. I like the look of things, the textures, the colors, the sounds. My cousin did one of those One Second Every Day projects. She is a professional photographer and videographer. She worked on this video for the Ocean Alliance. I watched the first One Second Every Day video she did back in 2014 which kind of got stuck in the back of my mind. I just watched the one she posted for 2015 and it ignited a spark. I thought, "What a great way to document a whole year." It's like those 365 photo challenges, only with video. So here it is, 11 days after I began my own and I am somewhat obsessed! It's a good thing. It makes you think about trying to do or see or experience something interesting every day. It's also a good way to remember all the good, and maybe not-so-good things that happen over the course of a year. All the moments are important but having a little reminder, a one second reminder, can spark a whole flood of memories one might otherwise have forgotten.

So, along with this project, I also thought it would be good to intersperse it with photographs and maybe little video clips here as well. With that said, here is a quick video I took on January 9 of my friends John and Joe :)