-: I think the thing is love most is the creative freedom
but also just the freedom in,
I joke sometimes that I like running my own business
more than I actually like photography,
which, I love photography,
but I love the business side of it as well.
I love the freedom that I get to create my own schedule.
Growing up in an airline family, I love to travel,
so getting to kinda create my own schedule
so that I can go do that.
Just the idea of having a nine to five job
has terrified me my entire life,
and so, when I was able to get out and start my own thing,
and really be in control of what I was building
and kinda watch this baby seed idea that I had
grow into this business that it is,
has been really, really cool, and I love that part of it.
Being in the creative industry,
there are a lot of other photographers in the world,
and you know, especially with Instagram,
and just, I guess being,
you constantly see other people's work
and what other people are doing,
and to see that on a daily basis,
you really do go through waves of waking up
and starting to edit, oh my gosh, this is so great,
this is the best work I've ever done.
And then you hop on Instagram,
oh my gosh, look what they're doing,
I'm never gonna be that good.
And then getting an inquiry a couple hours later,
oh they love me, yay, this is gonna be great.
And then getting a note from someone else a few hours later.
So it's just a constant, daily, and monthly,
and seasonal wave of just learning
that you just can't compare yourself to people.
And it's a lot easier to say that
than it is to actually do, but learning that
even when you feel really low about yourself,
you're gonna equally soon feel good about yourself,
and just kinda learning how to trust that
and know that, you know,
the good comes as easily as the bad.