Photographing My Daily Activities… and Why I Don’t Want to Do It This Summer

In June, I decided to try to do something for myself every day. That ended up being taking a photograph every day during the summer. When I decided to do this, it was in mid June, so I didn’t have the ability to take photograph everyday in June. Still, I wanted to do this anyway.

While taking photographs everyday of my life, I realized something: I don’t want to commemorate nor memorialize my daily activities right now!

What I like to post on social media is an official, public viewable version of my life. Like most people, I don’t have a very photogenic life. It is messy (In a literal I-have-too-much-stuff sort of way) and isn’t really pretty to look at. Right now I’m in the process of organizing and getting rid of things in my home. This has caused the phrase “It gets worse before it gets better” to become a mantra for me. The house looks like an absolute mess, but areas are decently getting better. They are looking neat and tidy. Sure, there is room for improvement, but I could care less. Everything is easy to find and see. This was my goal and making everything “better” and “easier to find” beyond what I have already done isn’t a priority right now.

Yet, after all the work I’ve done, I still don’t like taking photographs of my decluttering process. Or my house after I declutter and am ready to toss or donate things. I feel too embarrassed to do it.

I think I will eventually take photographs of my progress, just to remember how far I’ve come in the cleaning, organizing, and declutting process. I just don’t feel ready to do it right now. Especially with the amount of old magazine I keep finding.

That’s all for now! Thank you for reading!

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