From stuck in a rut to energetic dare dreamer… fellow tasra365 photographer Marianna shares her inspiring story. It’s never too late to join the challenge with nearly 500 photographers and change your life forever!
When I started this project, last autumn, I didn’t realize my life was about to change. I was bored. I had bought my camera because I wanted a hobby that had nothing to do with my day job (I work for a video games magazine). There were many things in my life I wasn’t happy with, but I just left them as they were because I thought trying to find something better would be useless. In one word, I was stuck.
Everything changed in about 100 days.
Image © Marianna Cecere
Image © Marianna Cecere
I’m full of energy now. Full of life, and things to do. I’ve started taking care of myself (both my looks and my health) again. I’ve decided to finish my studies after four years of inactivity (wish me luck, my next exam is on the 27th!). I’m going to spend my holidays abroad. I’m going to leave Italy and move to another country after I graduate.
And… I bought some philosophy books. I dyed my hair orange. Silly little things, but still things I probably wouldn’t have done in the past.
It wasn’t just photography, I have to admit. There were other factors, some much more important than my project. But it was certainly a part of it. Learning to control my camera manually, trying to come up with new ideas, seeing that I was actually improving… it literally unlocked my brain.
It made me understand my potential.
It made me realize that there’s no point in throwing my energy away by living a life where all I do is complain about all the time I’m wasting.
And now… now I’m so busy, I have so many things to do, so many things on my mind that I can’t even update my blog every day anymore.
Is it a bad thing?
Maybe not: I still think about coming up with nice photos. But I’m also doing lots of other things. The days of lying on the bed staring at the ceiling or idly surfing the net and feeling guilty about it (and still not doing anything to change things) are, happily, over.
Image © Marianna Cecere
Special thanks to Mariana for sharing her story and inspiring all of us to continue our challenge one more day!
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