{"id":2074,"date":"2011-03-14T07:31:49","date_gmt":"2011-03-14T11:31:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.meridithdesmondphoto.com\/?p=2074"},"modified":"2011-03-14T07:31:49","modified_gmt":"2011-03-14T11:31:49","slug":"one-step-closer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.meridithdesmondphoto.com\/blog\/one-step-closer\/","title":{"rendered":"One Step Closer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This past Friday I took one step closer to my goal of becoming a full time photographer!\u00a0 Yay I am soooo excited for this!\u00a0 One of my goals for this year was to be happier in what I do every day <em>and<\/em> make more time for my photography business, I guess that&#8217;s technically 2 goals.\u00a0 If you do not know I still work full time Monday- Friday commuting over an hour each way into NYC on the good old NJ Transit train system.\u00a0 Friday I gave 60 days notice at my current job and I couldn&#8217;t be happier.\u00a0 Yes I am nervous, yes I am scared, yes this will be hard on us financially, but the end result will be so worth it.\u00a0 I needed to make a change for the better.\u00a0 I was unhappy in my current job for a number of reasons.\u00a0 I felt uncreative and at a loss.\u00a0 Most of us spend 8 hours a day at work, and consistently being unhappy for those 8 hours really brings down everything else in other areas of your life.<\/p>\n<p>I am still going to work part time or freelance in the fashion industry as a graphic designer 3-4 days per week.\u00a0 This will allow for 2 things:\u00a0 1) a fairly steady pay check with some money coming in and 2) at least one <em>if not<\/em> 2 more days in the week to dedicate to my photography.\u00a0 It&#8217;s been really, really tough having essentially 2 full time jobs and working 7 days a week for well over a year.\u00a0\u00a0 I feel run down and out of energy.\u00a0 Something had to change.\u00a0 Chris is also working weekends now so at least with my crazy work schedule I haven&#8217;t taken too much time away from us and we schedule in family visits or weeknight dinners with friends about once a month.<\/p>\n<p>I am happy to share this news with you all and hoping that you can cheer me on though these scary but positive changes for me and my business.\u00a0 Sometimes it&#8217;s better to leap into the unknown than stay in that unhealthy rut.\u00a0 You will never know what you were missing if you don&#8217;t try, right?\u00a0 Change is good.\u00a0 I took that leap.\u00a0 Mom and Dad- don&#8217;t freak out:)<\/p>\n<p>This photo was taken at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.meridithdesmondphoto.com\/2011\/01\/mj-2day-workshop\/\" target=\"_self\">MJ 2day workshop<\/a> and I look so happy because I was doing something I&#8217;m passionate about!\u00a0 You&#8217;ve gotta love life.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2078\" title=\"leap\" 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