01/06/2026
I have a favorite quote that gets repeated over and over in various forms by several of my business mentors. āImperfect action is better than perfect inaction.ā Or ādone is better than perfect!ā As a neurotic perfectionistā¦ I think I need to have this tattooed on my forehead š I never get around to making social media posts or sharing my work for a myriad of reasons, all in the name of chasing perfection. My goal for this year is to really live by those mantras so you guys can see more of my work and my amazing clients! Just put the story out there whether all of the pieces are perfectly in place or not!
This new years photo of our family is the perfect reminder of that for me. I never would have signed up for trying to capture this image. I was exhausted, burnt out from a long holiday break with 3 kids at home. We went out on our deck with a random bag of spare roman candles and sparklers to have some fun. On a whim, I asked my husband if he wanted to grab a camera so we could get long exposure photos of us twirling sparklers. One fumbled attempt led to another, we got some crappy shots of us firing Roman candles into the woods from our deck but they all were just blah. Our 10-shot Roman candles ran out just as we decided to try just ONE shot of us in the backyard while the camera stayed on the deck. I was clutching a fussy baby and literally holding my boys still for this singular attempt at a good photo while my husband had to quickly light and hold two 5-shot romances candles to get enough trails in the photo. Andā¦. Magic happened!! We didnāt know it, but the 5-shots were multicolored and lit up the woods in this technicolored array when they combined in the long exposure. The perfectionist in me would have wanted to wait and edit the raw image on my computer, and probably never gotten around to it, but my husband shot it over to his phone, did some quick adjustments, and that was that! We got to welcome the new year with the coolest family photo and share it with the world, all because I didnāt overthink it. I hope this can be the reminder you also need.. to just do the thing, make the attempt, put yourself out there, and see where life takes you!
