DAY 1: TAKING THE FIRST STEP
WHAT ARE YOU HOPING FOR IN THE JOURNEY AHEAD THIS MONTH?
As we begin this month of opening up to seeing ourselves with kindness through our cameras, what are you hoping for?
July 1, 2022: This is going to mark my fourth attempt at getting through this #beyourownbeloved #challenge. I don’t want to beat myself up again after only making it only three days in back in March, four days in May and eleven days in June. I got bogged down with finishing my condensed #ArtHistory of Urban, #Graffiti and #StreetArt course I took. I actually finished the course, but only with a B-. The new #antidepressant and #antianxiety #medication I’m on just knocks me out so much. Even when I stopped the #anxiety medication for a week I was still out of it, and had troubles finishing my final project: I needed more time but had none, and I failed the final project as a result. Which sucks as I was sitting at an A/A+ heading into the final project. I’m still going to finish it though, as my project focussed on #MentalHealth and #depression, a conversation I think is so important to have.
I’ve talked a lot about my battle with depression. It feeds my bad eating habits. Even right now as I write this, I want to go to this nearby #cafe and gorge myself on a cinnamon sugar brioche, a chocolate chip cookie, and a large hot chocolate. But I’m not going to do that as I’ve been fasting for 24 hours, drinking just water in preparation for my first hydrocolonic therapy session at @inner.garden.health. I thought my first session was last week, and I had faster then as well, which I don’t regret. The last two weeks I’ve been more #mindful of what I consume.
What would you love to feel in this experience? Are there certain types of selfies you hope to capture?
So, again I start another day wanting to feel more #positive about myself. I want to #raise my #vibration. I want to breathe in being alive. I’m not going to dwell on how many times I’ve said this in the past. It’s time to just let it 🐝.
This photo originally appeared on Instagram and Flickr.
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IT CAN BE POWERFUL TO GIVE VOICE TO WHAT WE'RE NERVOUS OR FEARFUL OF TOO. WHAT FEARS OR WORRIES ARE ON YOUR MIND? By giving them space to be heard and knowing that they might come up again, it can help us begin to diffuse their power over us!
HAVE YOU TAKEN YOUR PHOTO ALREADY? IF NOT...ARE YOU FEELING RESISTANT? IF SO, IT'S TOTALLY OKAY AND LET'S EXPLORE WHY!
You might fine that with this or any prompt, you feel resistant. That is totally okay and it can actually be a really good thing as it's a sign that there is change ahead. Your inner critic doesn't want you to change and it works really hard to prevent that. So when we feel that resistant feeling it's usually a sign that we SHOULD do it, no matter what our inner critic says. So let's compassionately and playfully step into our resistance to a prompt, keep going...keep trying. Out past our resistance is our realizations!
Plus, we're on Day 1 of a class, beginning a process of taking a photo every day! Today is about creating that motion in the process and this space it to let yourself acknowledge the resistance and see what happens next!
#beyourownbeloved #beyourownbeloved💖 #depressionawareness #startingover #selflovejourney #dailyselfie #dailywriting #art #photography #feet #heels #scar #legs #socks #tattoo
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Today’s photo prompt and reflective journaling questions for today was a part of the BE YOUR OWN BELOVED photo workshop challenge which is run several times throughout the year by photographer VIVIENNE McMASTER. It’s well worth signing up for, and doing alongside other participants. Note that there’s no requirement to share your photos outside of the group. You don’t even have to share the writing reflections with the group, let alone publicly as I do. It’s a very supportive and private safe space that McMaster provides.