Nicole, my friend over at Champagne to Crayons, put something on her blog about 28 days of celebrating thanks!  I wasn’t sure whether to do this on our photography blog or our personal blog.  I’ll start with the photography blog because day 1 is a blessing …. and my blessing has to do with my business!

I have struggled for a while with my existing “normal” job.  I don’t feel fulfilled in that job – I’ve been doing it for 13 years with various promotions during those years.  I have a degree in MIS but rarely use any knowledge I gained in college for my current position.  Life isn’t about being miserable and just doing a job to do it.  I want to be happy with my professional life.  There are days where I love my job and days where I just want to walk away, the later is felt more than I’d probably care to admit.  Are most people like this?!?!  I hope not.

My happiness comes with this photography business, which has been a huge blessing to me over the last year!  I’ve been blessed to meet some amazing people, have my wonderful family and friends support our business, and watch it grow over the last year.  While I struggle with having two full-time jobs and the stress all that brings, I can’t wait to edit my photos or go on photo shoots.  It’s a blessing to have something other than my normal job … something I love to do and want to be successful at.  I’m now a small business owner – how exciting is that?!?!

I’m blessed.  In all the craziness of this world and my life, I need to remind myself of this daily.  I’m blessed to have a business, I’m blessed to have a growing business, I’m blessed to have family and friends that support us, and I’m blessed to have a mindset to achieve the goals I’ve set for this business…

Enjoy the 28 days of celebrating thanks!   Check out Nicole’s blog to see the details if you’d like to join in as well!

Here’s me in action (photo by Tony)

PS – I need to get pants that fit!!! 🙂