{"id":1273,"date":"2011-11-30T20:05:17","date_gmt":"2011-12-01T01:05:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/?p=1273"},"modified":"2011-11-30T20:05:17","modified_gmt":"2011-12-01T01:05:17","slug":"goal-27","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/2011\/11\/goal-27\/","title":{"rendered":"Goal 27"},"content":{"rendered":"

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One of my birthday goals<\/a> was to take a picture daily for a month. I have set this goal before and failed to achieve it, so I decided to try again.<\/p>\n

This \u00a0time, however, I gave myself at theme. I assigned myself to take pictures of the sky<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Funny thing is, I can’t find one of the pictures. In the past, I would have been all upset about this because it marked an imperfection in a project on which I worked. There are other things I would have let ruin this project\/process as well. For example, in a number of the pictures, I was unable to get a shot that just had the sky in it. In a different one of the pictures, the sky looked really funky because of nearby lights.<\/p>\n

However, I have chosen to think differently about this project. This project did exactly what it was supposed to do. It made me stop and take notice of my surroundings once a day for a month. Only on three occasions did I wait until after dark to do this, which at this time of year in Michigan says a lot. I am happy with it, and glad to say so; \u00a0these goals are meant to contribute to my happiness.<\/p>\n

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