Well I've certainly been following this bit of advice lately, starting last week when I saw a job advertised for somewhere I've wanted to work for as long as I've known the place existed.
A few days later I had to do another scary thing and go for an interview for the job. I was very close to cancelling as I convinced myself that, though I was the right person for the job, it was really bad timing due to various factors.
By the end of this same day I was having to carry out my second scary act of the day. I had to make a decision about leaving a current job and starting a new one...
A day later and I had to do possibly the scariest task in all of this and hand in my notice. This did not go well.
Only a day later and I was starting my first shift with my new company, terrified of meeting the new work colleagues and equally scared that I would mess up.
It's a wonder I hadn't scared myself to death by the end of the week but I'm still here to tell the tale and move on to bigger and better things. No doubt facing more fears along the way and celebrating with cake...
And boy too as we have just had our engagement photo shoot. Only eighteen months late but hey ho.
Technically it wasn't meant to be an engagement shoot as the photographer was initially hired to photograph our wedding. An event that was later cancelled in favour of us skipping the country and doing it to please us (or maybe just me). But I'm sure there will be more about that in a later post...
So we begin in one venue but don't actually leave our cars because we're not allowed to be there. Move to another venue that's over run with kids and families but is actually a really nice little park that I'm sure will throw out some great snaps of us. Then we move to another venue that is actually a busy high street where the groom-to-be is really not comfortable being seen. And then onto a final venue where the light is failing and the temperature is dropping but I'm sure would have looked fab earlier in the day.
I had so much fun being a part of somebody else's creativity and ideas and thinking how I would do it if I was in charge. I had so many ideas and spotted so many different locations but sadly didn't quite have the confidence to push these forward.
So whilst I'm feeling wedding photography isn't my thing - let's face it, it's way too stressful and too much responsibility of only having one day and one or two locations - I can really see myself doing the engagement photo shoot route. I also quite like the idea of doing the whole parents-to-be-maternity-style photo shoots.
Now, to build on that confidence and get myself out there...
A day later and I had to do possibly the scariest task in all of this and hand in my notice. This did not go well.
