Project 365 in 2012

It's almost here, friends! Christmas is almost here! I hope you're all shopped out and wrapped up and ready to go! Oh, and cooked/baked up. I'm not there yet. In fact, I have a LOT of cooking and baking to do, so, I'll be a slave to the kitchen the next 48 hours or so. Wish me luck...especially on that 7-layer cake. ;)

I wanted to blog about something I have decided I'm going to do in 2012. You've probably heard of it before, but maybe not. I've decided to take on the challenge of Project 365 in 2012.

I did Project 365 once before, back in 2008-2009, and it was a success. I tried it again this year (early in the year, you may remember), and it was not as successful. I'd like to think it's because Project 365 is something that lasts 365 days, and well, it's much easier to keep up with when you start at the beginning of a year...

...although that was not the case the first time, and I was successful. 


Nevertheless!

I feel like 2012 will be a big year for us. I know God's plan is much bigger than my own, so, I figure, if things go the way we are planning for them to (as God laughs), it will be a big year. If things don't go the way we are planning in 2012, well, then it will still be fun to capture the unexpected, anyway, right? ;)

A few friends on Twitter expressed interest in beginning Project 365 in 2012 as well, and a link-up was discussed. I'd be more than happy to host a weekly link-up to share our photos. I'm planning on it being a Sunday link-up so that we can document the week prior, and begin a new week on Sunday.

Have you thought about doing Project 365 this coming year?
Are you going to do it? 
Do you want to know more about Project 365?

Project 365 consists of taking one photo a day to document a year. Like I said, I did it in 2008-2009, documenting Jarrod's Iraq deployment. It's interesting to go back and look at those photos I took because I remember each one, and that daily photo for 365 days tells a story. To me, it's similar to reading a book, in a way.

Here are some of the photos I dug up from the last time I did Project 365:







Awful, bad, bad quality, but Ollie and I matched at work.


Would you believe the next day we matched again?


Hanging out in Central Park.


R&R


I started tweeting in 2008…and apparently still had MySpace.


I had my very first paid session.


In 2009, we moved from our apartment into our house, and I set everything upall pretty for Jarrod to come home to. I was so proud of turning our first house into our new home.

Now, as you can see, all but 2 of these photos was taken with my iPhone. My personal challenge to myself for my 2012 P365 is to use my camera every day. It's so convenient to pick up our phones to snap photos. My reason for doing P365 again is to document the year, yes, but I also want to do it to use my camera more…to be creative, not convenient.

I'd challenge you to do the same, but of course, you don't have to. I don't expect to not slip and use my iPhone, but I'm going to make it a point not to, if I can.

So…are you on board? If enough people are interested and planning on doing this, I will get a button ready, and we will have our very first link-up here on Sunday, January 8th.


Edit: I have added a button to my sidebar for the project! Feel free to take it to your blog! :)

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