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Dave: How are the New Year's Resolutions coming along?
Eva: All done.
Dave: But the page is blank.
Eva: And that's the way it's going to stay.
Dave: Really? I thought New Years was a time for us to take stock of where we are at and plan some improvements for the new year.
Eva: Maybe for you. But us Brittanys are pretty full of BA.
Dave: Do you mean BS?
Eva: Nope. Definitely BA. Baseline Awesomeness.
Dave: Wow, I've never heard that one before.
Eva: Then maybe you're resolution should be to learn a bit more about how BA us Brittanys are.
Dave: Touche.
Eva: You're welcome. Now, if you're done jabbering about things that don't need improvement, it's time for a nap.
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Eva wasn't a big fan of the whole new year's resolution thing. She believes that perfection should not be tinkered with.
I would like to find a balance between WORK and LIFE....where is the happy medium??
Explored #32 - 07 January 2008
Coney Island Polar Bear Club New Year's Day Polar Plunge Atlantic Ocean Beach Winter Swimming Brooklyn NYC USA December 31st 2021 - January 1st 2022
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POLAR BEAR PLUNGE
Not only is this New York's grandest and most unique New Year's tradition, it raises funds for some of the most amazing non-profit and community organizations in Coney Island which are dedicated to developing a resurgent and sustainable neighborhood! Every New Year's Day, over 15,000 brave souls from all over the world join us in this long-lived tradition!
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#ConeyIsland #PolarPlunge #WinterSwimming #Brooklyn #NYC
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Apple iPhone 13 Pro Max smartphone photo and 4K at 60 fps low light night video
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Coney Island winter Polar Plunge swim dedicated to Mother Theresa Irene Wolowski who celebrated 88th birthday on December 17th 2021
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The Coney Island Polar Bear Club is the oldest winter bathing organization in the United States, whose members regularly take polar bear plunges in the winters. The club was founded by famed health advocate Bernarr McFadden in 1903.
The club began using the event to raise funds for Special Olympics starting in 2005, and Camp Sunshine in 2007. In 2018, the club decided to support local groups and charities and began partnering with the Alliance for Coney Island to raise funds for local nonprofit organizations.
Members swim in the Atlantic Ocean at Coney Island, New York, United States every Sunday from November through April. Every New Year's Day, the Club is joined by participants from around the country, who partake in an annual swim. The 2005 event had 300 participants and 6000 onlookers. The Chief Polar Bear blows a conch shell to gather the swimmers before they run into the water.
The club was mentioned in popular culture. It is mentioned on the season three episode of Seinfeld, The Pez Dispenser In the episode Kramer informs Jerry that he has joined the club, claiming it to be 'invigorating'. It was also publicized on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, in a taped segment by Dan Bakkedahl about the effects of global warming on the club in faux-nature documentary style.
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119th Annual Coney Island Polar Bear Club New Year's Day Plunge!
Taking place on January 1, 2022, unlike past years the plunge will be an open swim, the beach will open starting at 11am and allow you to swim at any point until 2pm on the world famous Coney Island Beach. All funds raised help support our local non-profits and community by supporting a variety of initiatives including free public programming, environmental and educational programming, quality of life issues and more. With your help, we can help ensure that Coney Island continues to thrive!
No fee to participate but we encourage donations & fundraising for your plunge!
Registration begins at 10AM, we recommend that all plungers arrive no later than 12PM
Registration tables are located at Stillwell Avenue & the Boardwalk
All participants must sign a waiver on-site the day of the Plunge
Plungers under 18 years of age must have their parent or guardian present to sign the waiver the day of the Plunge.
Plunge as an individual, create a team, join a team or you can even help virtually!
Info about the Plunge:
There is no fee for plunging but donations are encouraged and you must register in order to participate. There is no donation minimum required to register online, You can register and pledge here, or on-site the morning of the plunge after 10:00am. All participants should arrive by 12PM to go through registration. If you are plunging as a group/team, all members must arrive together in order to ensure you all have the same plunge time. ALL participants whether pre-registered or registering the day of must go to the registration area to claim their wristbands with designated times to participate.
Bring warm clothes, surf boots or old sneakers, towels and definitely bring your camera! The NYC Parks Department provides changing facilities on the Boardwalk at Stillwell Avenue.
Plunge for a Cause!
Coney Island is a neighborhood of 50,000 residents with a poverty rate close to 30% and is situated right on the Atlantic Ocean. The Coney Island Polar Bear Club New Year’s Day Plunge helps raise funds to support the local organizations including the New York Aquarium, Alliance for Coney Island, Coney Island USA, Coney Island History Project and other local arts and history organizations helping to make a difference in the Coney Island community.
Nine years after the devastation of Superstorm Sandy and throughout the 2019 Pandemic, the Coney Island neighborhood continues to recover. The Alliance for Coney Island is focused on ensuring residents have an improved quality of life through their supplemental services and workforce development programs.
With your help, the funds raised will support workforce development programs for local residents to connect them to job opportunities and neighborhood services, as well as help increase their advocacy for clean water and educate the public about waste.
We need your help to do this work! Please register today or create a team and spread the word about this fun and charitable event!
DIRECTIONS: We strongly encourage that plungers take mass transit:
Via Subway
N, F, or Q to Stillwell Ave. Station. Please note the D train is not running to Coney Island this winter.
Via Brooklyn Buses
B36 | Coney Island/ Avenue U
B64 | Coney Island / Bay Ridge
B68 | Brighton Beach/ Windsor Terrace
B74 | Sea Gate/ Coney Island
B82 | Coney Island / Spring Creek
Via Manhattan Express Buses
X28 | Bensonhurst / Midtown
If driving, please use google maps for directions. There is very limited on street parking on West 15th Street & West 10th Street. Parking is also available at Maimonides Park, 1904 Surf Avenue.
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The Coney Island Polar Bear Club is the oldest winter bathing organization in the United States. We swim in the Atlantic Ocean at Coney Island every Sunday from November through April. Since 1903, we have been hosting a public New Year’s Day Plunge for all brave souls to welcome the New Year.
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Alliance for Coney Island
1904 Surf Avenue,
Brooklyn, NY 11224
@ConeyIslandFun
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Atlantic Ocean
The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceans, with an area of about 41,100,000 sq miles It covers approximately 20 percent of Earth's surface and about 29 percent of its water surface area
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Coney Island
Coney Island is a peninsular neighborhood and entertainment area in the southwestern section of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. The neighborhood is bounded by Brighton Beach to its east, Lower New York Bay to the south and west, and Gravesend to the north, and includes the subsections of Sea Gate to its west and Brighton Beach to its east. Coney Island was formerly the westernmost of the Outer Barrier islands on the southern shore of Long Island, but in the early 20th century it became a peninsula, connected to the rest of Long Island
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Coney Island is no longer an island
The Coney Island creek, which gets cut off at Shell Road used to be a river which flowed into Sheepshead Bay, but through the process of landfill Coney Island was connected to the rest of Brooklyn which is located on the land mass known as Long Island NY
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Brooklyn
Brooklyn is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Kings County, in the U.S. state of New York. It is the most populous county in the state, the second-most densely populated county in the United States, and New York City's most populous borough, with an estimated 2,648,403 residents in 2020. If each borough were ranked as a city, Brooklyn would rank 3rd most populous
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New York City
New York City comprises 5 boroughs Manhattan - The Bronx - Queens BKNY SINY
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The first Times Square New Year’s Eve celebration was held in 1904
The first New Year’s Eve Ball lowering celebration atop One Times Square was in 1907
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Dyker Heights Christmas Lights Brooklyn NY cited to be started by Lucy Spata when she moved to the neighborhood in the 1980s
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Shore Thing Movie 2008
A series of shark attacks in New York waters not otherwise known for activity are occurring (netted beach, freshwater lake, a muddy creek). Film by Lovari filmed scenes on the Coney Island Boardwalk
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Nathan's Hot Dogs
Nathan's began in 1916 as a nickel hot dog stand in Coney Island founded by Polish Jewish immigrant Nathan Handwerker (June 14, 1892 – March 24, 1974)
The original Nathan's restaurant stands at the corner of Surf and Stillwell Avenues in the Coney Island neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough of New York City, New York
Nathan's is listed on the Nasdaq as $NATH
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Mermaid Parade
The MERMAID PARADE specifically was founded in 1983 with 3 goals: it brings mythology to life for local residents who live on streets named Mermaid and Neptune ; it creates self-esteem in a district that is often disregarded as “entertainment”; and it lets artistic New Yorkers find self-expression in public
Unlike most parades, this one has no ethnic, religious, or commercial aims. It’s a major New York holiday invented by artists! An American version of the summer-solstice celebration
Mermaid Parade
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Luna Park
Luna Park is the name of an amusement park in Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York City. It opened on May 29, 2010, at the site of Astroland, an amusement park that had been in operation from 1962 to 2008, and Dreamland, which operated at the same site for the 2009 season. It was named after the original 1903 Luna Park which operated until 1944 on a site just north of the current park's 1000 Surf Avenue location
Luna Park at Coney Island
1000 Surf Avenue
Brooklyn New York 11224
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Cyclone Roller Coaster
Cyclone wooden roller coaster opened on June 26, 1927 with .25 cent rides
The Cyclone was declared a New York City landmark on July 12, 1988, and was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 26, 1991
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Deno’s Wonder Wheel is a world famous NYC Landmark attraction. Built in 1920, and in continuous operation with a perfect safety record. Over 40 million people have enjoyed this iconic ride. Marvel at the incredible views from 150 feet high atop the Coney Island beach all the way to the Manhattan skyline. Perfect for all generations and one of the most romantic rides in the world
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Parachute Jump 1939 Coney Island Brooklyn NY Steeplechase Park Plaza Riegelmann Boardwalk
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Sorry for not configuring subject, my breakfast was getting cold.
Breakfast consist of:
Egg whites, with 2% Cheese
Grilled Veggies
Fresh Fruit
I did have a cup of coffee before fixing breakfast, I wake up with no problem but need a spark. :-)
The camera beeped and everything! Man; I resolve to learn how this concerning camera works...
We're Here, making our new years resolutions.
Hand-held & wobble focused macro with remote triggered strobe. My actual resolution might be to use the 120mm macro a little less but Boy, it's soooo gooood. ;-)
Heaps of fun at Pelcomb Portraits.
we made a little entry over at him + her about our new year's resolutions: himandherweekly.blogspot.com/2010/01/no-12-new-years-reso...
Beginning of Week 3 of my Healthier Lifestyle, involving more exercise and fresh air and here's where I am at.
Day 1 - no exercise (exhausted)
Day 2 - marathon walk, including a pit stop for 2 of the most delicious caesars I've ever drank
Day 3 -another marathon walk, including antiquing & a caesar (not as noteworthy as the previous days
Day 4 - water aerobics (could feel muscles, I didn't even know existed)
Day 5 - dragged my tired body to swim lengths - swam 7 lengths & the pool was evacuated due to vomit (not mine)
Day 6 - desperately needed a break
Day 7 - craved the exercise, but couldn't find the time
Having a lot of trouble keeping up the 'exercise 6 days a week' plan. I managed 4 days this week, one shy of last week. Partially as I think I overdid the exercise early in the week and partially cause my life is busy and I am resisting the 6 am workout.
I do think the exercise is starting to show though. I seems to me that my love handles are slowly disappearing. This could all be in my imagination though. I am also now craving exercise and am not satisfied unless I get it.
Oh and I managed to cut out the late night eating in favour of cocoa.
Fotografia: Rato, Careca e Eda
They say a new year is like a new book with blank pages, and that we are supposed to put words on those pages…
My biggest dream is that all of us are able to write on that book that our dreams or wishes are not just dreams or wishes anymore…
Dicen que un nuevo año es como un libro nuevo con páginas blancas, y que somos nosotros los que tenemos que poner las palabras en estas páginas…
Mí sueño más grande es que cada uno de nosotros pueda escribir en este libro que nuestros sueños o deseos ya no son sólo sueños o deseos…
Dizem que um ano novo é como um livro novo com páginas em branco e somos nós que temos que por as palavras nessas páginas…
Meu maior sonho é que cada um de nós possa escrever nesse livro que nossos sonhos ou desejos já nao sao só sonhos ou desejos…
Il se dit que la nouvelle année c’est comme un nouveau libre avec des pages a remplir et nous sommes les personnes responsables pour placer les mots dans ces pages.
Mon plus grand rêve est voir chacun écrire dans ce libre que nos rêves et désires ne sont plus seulement des rêves et désires...
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A Red tailed Hawk fails her New years resolution on her first day.
Her goal was to go cold Turkey from eating squirrels.
Oh, well... it's the thought that counts, isn't it?
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This Postscript catalogue came in the post today, tempting me to buy books a greatly reduced prices but my New Year's Resolution is that I will buy far fewer books in 2023 than I have in 2022. We'll see how that works out – it hasn't always done so in the past 😳
Hereio evaxebra of the We're Here! group has chosen the
New Years Resolutions group for today's visit.
Baloon story continue - today baloon took me to heaven...
[http://www.flickr.com/photos/new_years_resolutions/3887979468/]
hey, y'all! yes, i've been using "y'all" lately & it's kind of fun. i miss my southern accent anyhow.
well, we made a little entry over at him + her about our new year's resolutions: himandherweekly.blogspot.com/2010/01/no-12-new-years-reso...
ch-ch-check it out!
oh, man. i'm in such a good mood. i'm off work early & i just made the BEST CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES EVER. i'll post the recipe over at my blog soon!
peace, people! have a good day!
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01/52 - 52 Weeks of 2018
"From Where I Stant"
A foot selfie... something I don't think I've done before. I've tried 52 Weeks projects in the past and have failed on my previous 2 attempts, so I am hoping this year will be a little bit more successful. In fact, I'm hoping to be a little more successful with a lot of things this year...
INGREDIENTS:
1 container (6 oz) Yoplait® Light Fat Free strawberry yogurt
1/2 cup frozen (thawed) reduced-fat whipped topping
4 strawberries, cut in half
DIRECTIONS:
1. Place mini paper baking cup in each of 8 mini muffin cups. Spoon slightly less than 2 tablespoons yogurt into each cup.
2. Top each with small dollop of whipped topping. Cover with foil or plastic wrap. Freeze at least 1 hour. Top with strawberry half just before serving.
I've had this photo in my "To Post" folder for a long time, waiting for what I thought would be an appropriate opportunity to share it with my friends on Flickr. But I've wondered to myself many times: what, or when, would be a good opportunity to share a photograph of tobacco plants??? Yes, this is a field of nearly-mature tobacco plants, photographed last Summer during a work assignment along the Virginia/North Carolina border -- the very heart of the tobacco producing region of North America. I took this photo early in the morning, as mist and low clouds were being driven off the fields by the heat of the rising Sun. It was quite a striking scene and caught my "photographer's eye" immediately.
However, I must confess that tobacco has been more than just the object of my photographic interest. I used to smoke cigarettes. Not many of them, mind you, and not very frequently. But I really enjoyed smoking them. I usually smoked a single cigarette, while I was finalizing preparations of my observatory telescope before beginning a night of asteroid hunting. As the telescope moved through its pre-programmed alignment routine, I'd lay in the hammock I had hanging next to the telescope and blow puffs of smoke into the star-studded sky. Smoking that single cigarette each night, maybe a few nights each week, was one of the most pleasurable experiences I've ever enjoyed. At most, I'd smoke a pack of cigarettes in a month; in fact, by the time I smoked the last few in the pack they were pretty stale. To make a long story short, it's been a long time since I've smoked, mainly because it's been a long time since I hunted asteroids. But the intoxicating aroma of a good cigarette (Camel Golds are my favourites) still excites my senses. When I was driving back to the Raleigh-Durham airport (both the names of well-known cigarette brands) last Summer, I passed thru a small town that had cigarette factory. I pulled off the highway, rolled down the windows, and basked in the pungent aroma of the freshly harvested tobacco leaves which were hanging in the nearby drying barns.
So why did I decide to post this photo, now? Well, January is the month of New Years resolutions, and I know that there are many folks out there who have made resolutions to stop smoking. I have no illusions about cigarettes -- I know they are dangerous and terribly addictive. So I hope that my smoker friends who are determined to quit this year will think of this image when they are tempted to smoke, with its dark, gloomy clouds, rather than thinking of the rugged cowboys or super-chic fashion models which appear so frequently in cigarette propaganda.
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Featured in Explore 2010.01.29 #473
Shot for CC New Year's Resolution and for Project 52 - Introduce yourself and my 365 New Beginnings. I need to incorporate more physical activity in my life (read as "lose a few pounds") LOL. My wonderful sister and her husband bought these walking sticks for us for Christmas and I love them. We love to walk and to snow-shoe, and while we can dress for the cold - the wind will keep us indoors if it's too cold. These walking sticks, when used correctly can increase our caloric burn by 30-46%. I know it's working because after using them twice in three days my arms felt it when I picked up my camera this afternoon. My goal is to get in at least three 30-45 minute walks a week with these and our snow shoes in the winter and our bicycles come spring.
INGREDIENTS:
1 container (6 oz) Yoplait® Light Fat Free red raspberry yogurt
1/3 cup raspberry liqueur
18 chocolate cordial cups
18 raspberries
DIRECTIONS:
1. In small bowl, mix yogurt and raspberry liqueur.
2. Spoon into cordial cups. Top each with raspberry.
Last year on Boxing Day I was around 90/91kgs (I'm 6ft tall with a medium build so fat but not obese) and decided to stop being a lazy shit and start controlling what I eat again.
From Boxing day onwards, I stopped the double desserts and started counting my calories again everyday. Thankfully I still have a fast metabolism so I didn't have to change what I eat, just how much I actually consume (steak and icecream are consumed several times a week still ;D ). This morning I weighed in at 83.6 which I'm very proud of considering how long it's been since I started my diet.
Like the 52 week project, my diet is something I plan to continue throughout the year and not get lazy in again!
'Twas the week after Christmas, and all through the house
Nothing would fit me, not even a blouse.
The cookies I'd nibbled, the eggnog I'd taste
At the holiday parties had gone to my waist.
When I got on the scales there arose such a number!
When I walked to the store (less a walk than a lumber).
I'd remember the marvelous meals I'd prepared;
The gravies and sauces and beef nicely rared,
The wine and the rum balls, the bread and the cheese
And the way I'd never said, "No thank you, please."
As I dressed myself in my husband's old shirt
And prepared once again to do battle with dirt
I said to myself, as I only can
"You can't spend a winter disguised as a man!"
So away with the last of the sour cream dip,
Get rid of the fruit cake, every cracker and chip
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Every last bit of food that I like must be banished
Till all the additional ounces have vanished.
I won't have a cookie - not even a lick.
I'll want only to chew on a long celery stick.
I won't have hot biscuits, or corn bread, or pie,
I'll munch on a carrot and quietly cry.
I'm hungry, I'm lonesome, and life is a bore
But isn't that what January is for?
Unable to giggle, no longer a riot.
Happy New Year to all, and to all a good diet!
Dinner
Macro Monday 1/4/2010 - New Years Resolutions
Like a lot of people my New Years Resolution this year (or at least one of them) is to lose weight. My diet won't be quite this drastic :P but I did start one today and I plan to start using the gym membership I have been paying for but not using haha.
Gee, it sure is sexy to stand in the middle of A1A on South Beach!
GET OUT OF THE ROAD GIANT SULTRY WOMAN I NEED TO CRUISE IN MY RENTED CONVERTIBLE
Hi all,
do you have New Year's resolutions? I have the usual ones: more sport and better eating. But, of course, I want to improve my photography as well.
It would be awesome, if you could support me with a like on my facebook page!
Woody Guthrie's 33 (!) New Years Resolutions that he made in 1941 (for 1942) give us a view of an optimistic, serious, sensitive, funny man. Just dealing with the nine I chose to print here present a challenge but nearly 70 years on can't we all feel the resonance/relevance of the last one?
29 inches x 10 inches printed on newsprint
£25 + p+p. To purchase - drop me a line info@thewoodentruth.com
Group: Macro Mondays Theme: New Year's Resolution (Mine: To find a new career path)
After surviving two rounds of layoffs (still employed), you get to thinking...it's time.
Time for a career change or something else...it's the something else that scares me (since I tend to take chances).
Sorry for being behind with so many of you, but I took on a project with a deadline of today. And it wasn't even job related.
INGREDIENTS:
1 container (8 oz) reduced-fat sour cream
1 container (8 oz) plain fat-free yogurt
1 can (10 3/4 oz) condensed 98%-fat-free cream of chicken soup with 30% less sodium
1 can (4 oz) chopped green chiles, undrained
12 white corn or flour tortillas (6 or 7 inch)
1 cup shredded reduced-fat Cheddar cheese (4 oz)
1 1/2 cups chopped cooked chicken
4 medium green onions, sliced (1/4 cup)
Shredded lettuce, if desired
Chopped tomatoes, if desired
DIRECTIONS:
1. Heat oven to 350°F. Spray 13x9-inch (3-quart) baking dish with cooking spray. In medium bowl, mix sour cream, yogurt, soup and chiles.
2. Spoon about 3 tablespoons sour cream mixture down center of each tortilla. Reserve 1/4 cup of the cheese; sprinkle tortillas with remaining cheese, chicken and onions. Roll up; place in baking dish. Spoon remaining sour cream mixture over tortillas. Cover with foil.
3. Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until hot and bubbly. Sprinkle with reserved 1/4 cup cheese. Bake uncovered 5 minutes longer or until cheese is melted. Garnish with shredded lettuce and chopped tomatoes.
As 2018 came to a close I want to express my sincerest gratitude for all that’s transpired throughout the year. Thank you to my family and friends who continuously come to my art shows and exhibits, who continue to support my journey and who have been there since day one.
My wish for you in 2019 as 2018 sets is that you find your truest joys and passions in 2019. That you commit to making them happen and live your happiest and truest life. My wish for each and everyone of you is for you to explore everything that there is to explore, to be curious and hungry for knowledge. I wish that you ardently desire to pursue what you’ve always wanted.
The world needs these shifts in perspective. The world needs you to pursue your deepest and greatest loves because you never know whose life you will impact the most. My wish for you is that in 2019, you set out on a journey of adventure and truly savor and enjoy each and every second of your life.
Full blog: www.photographythrive.com/my-wish-for-you/