Week 30: ME & Time (Member Photos)
Emily Ingalls - I feel constrained by time as of late. I'm very schedule driven on a normal day, but lately, I feel as though there is not enough time in the day. I've spread myself too thin by trying to do too much. I've lost my ability to schedule and accomplish tasks. I cannot allow time get away from me. My kids are growing up so fast; time with them as littles is slowly slipping away. I need to find the time to make special memories as well as accomplish personal goals. I want to break free of my time constraints and enjoy life. www.emilyingallsphotography.com
Adriana Meixner - I started a gratitude journal called The Five-Minute Journal earlier this year because I felt that while there was a lot to be thankful for I perhaps wasn't fully appreciating the little moments in my day to day life. I wanted a space where I could slow things down, take a few minutes or five, and take it all in - the good, the bad and the in-between. This daily ritual has been cathartic and has allowed me a safe place to really appreciate and be thankful for precious moments like getting a full night's sleep, having that first sip of coffee in the morning, drawing the curtains to a wonderfully sunny day, reading a story to my little ones before bedtime, having a glass of wine with my husband after the kids are down for the night and many more. Taking even a few moments to myself has really changed my state of mind and helps reset it again. www.adrianameixner.com
Kortney Fox - Randomly my husband will take out his guitar and strum the most beautiful tunes, something he used to do a lot more often before the littles were born. Heck, there are a lot of things we used to do a lot more before the littles were born. Now, priorities have changed, there is a lot more to do, and time just seems to disappear. While the littles are awake I do everything I can to spend every second with them because they will only be this little for such a short time. When they go to bed is when I try to knock out as many household chores as possible. There is no time to waste. Tonight was different though. My husband decided it would be a good time to pick up that guitar. In the back of my mind I knew there was a never ending list of things for me to do. I don't have a moment to spare. There are dishes from breakfast and TWO dinners. The bathrooms are a mess. I haven't even started laundry this week. But you know what? There is always tomorrow for all of those things. How often does he take his guitar out and strum his mesmerizing tunes? This is a moment in time that I should be embracing. I don't always have to be going nonstop and neither does he. We are allowed to waste a few precious minutes, especially on each other. This is time that is well wasted.
Vivien Stembridge - I feel like I don't have enough time, ever. I wear so many hats. It's like there are endless numbers of people pulling me in all different directions. I'm a wife, a mother to three, I run a business, I have a new part time job, I have several volunteer positions. It's exhausting. Don't get me wrong- I'm grateful for all the awesome opportunities in my life. I just wish I had a little more time to just be. http://vivienstembridge.com
Jenny Parker - My days are marked in 2-3 hour increments, depending on how hungry this little lady is. She had a bit of a slow start in gaining weight, so her second week, every 2 hours on the dot, I was stuffing her full of milk. Our hard work paid off, but she still wants to eat every 2 hours. Thankfully at night, she sleeps a bit longer. But I am not complaining; I will miss this time together when it's gone.
Sara Lowing-Wright - I was on vacation all week as I'm sure you might be able to gather by this stunning scenery. We are currently en route home so I have to upload a phone pic if I want to make this weeks theme. I had a unique relationship with time this week. This vacation, in particular, was so relaxing and most of the day I didn't even know what time it was. The stove and microwave in the rental didn't have the clocks set and we didn't even bother to set them. While paddle boarding, I would just empty my mind and let go all the thoughts that are typically flooding my brain. We are always so busy. There are never enough hours in the day to get things done. It was amazing to take a break from it all.
Jennifer L. Bruce - Time... that most precious of things, ever-changing. Too much, too little, too fast, too slow. That magical, mystical force that we may never understand, yet we struggle to control. Who better to stop it in its tracks than the photographer? Are we not Time Lords with camera instead of TARDIS?This moment I captured - in time, if not wholly in the frame - is me sharing the cuckoo clock I bought in Heidelberg, Germany during a summer exchange program. I promised my daughter she could have it once I get it repaired. She fell in love with the tiny bird who peeps out from his door on the hour; I fall in love with her every day. This is Our Time.
Briar Marie - It just so happened that I spent Saturday second shooting a wedding and Sunday a couple of hours from home celebrating the birthday of my husband's uncle. (My uncle-in-law?) Someone once said to me: "After a while you only get everyone together at weddings and funerals. If you don't make an effort to be at all the weddings, that only leaves funerals." I don't remember who said it...it might have even been in a movie. But it really made an impression on me. I do try to be at all the weddings and I'm very conscious and aware of each wedding I have missed.So this isn't a wedding, it's a birthday party, but the symbolism is the same. I want to spend my time being in the places and with the people that matter to me. I want my time to show what and who I value in my life. Sometimes that's getting all dolled up at a wedding and sometimes that's just setting up some camp chairs and playing backyard baseball.
