{"id":9547,"date":"2011-10-08T13:21:00","date_gmt":"2011-10-08T13:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/?p=9547"},"modified":"2026-01-15T20:41:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T20:41:19","slug":"who-am-i-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/?p=9547","title":{"rendered":"Who am I…."},"content":{"rendered":"

It started out as a photo challenge that has now morphed into a personality challenge.  That is to say that the various personalities in the group are not in competition with each other; but that someone has suggested that we all answer the question “who am I?”<\/p>\n

This challenge, in a public situation, is “high threat” and yet I somehow feel compelled to contribute to a group of people, whom I have never met, but who have been so helpful in moving me forward with a personal challenge – improve my photography – which actually means – give me a reason to alleviate some of the routine in my life and\/or to look at this routine in a more interesting way.<\/p>\n

Don’t get me wrong, I don’t mind routine.  It can be very comforting when things get chaotic; but it can also be very restrictive and mechanical – I needed a new window on my world.<\/p>\n

The photo challenges have given me a reason to look at my world through the lens of my camera and to see the same things, differently.<\/p>\n

That’s my personal justification for refocusing; my business justification is that many people in my “camera group” are small business owners like myself. Some are technical writers and need a creative escape, others are computer programmers or run on-line businesses. This particular group is actually part of a larger on-line community of web builders, SEO specialists, social media marketers and more……there is always method in my madness.<\/p>\n

So to answer the question – Who am I …… I am an adventurer.  I am the person who will always take the “road less travelled.” My parents sent me to a convent school. I promptly joined the group that challenged the rules and regulations of the school. I pushed the envelope – green hair on St Patrick’s Day – make up in uniform – these seem like small things now in the face of sapphire blue mohawks – but to the Loretto sisters, I was not behaving.<\/p>\n

I went to university, when all of my high school friends went to work. I opted for the non-denominational college over St. Michaels. I did go into teaching – a rather conservative occupation; but when I had earned enough money to travel, I went to England for several years and spent months, during that time, hitchhiking in Europe.<\/p>\n

I left teaching to stay at home with my children, as we adopted them – another adventure. When they were old enough, I went back to work; first for others and then for myself.  I took my passion, knitting, and created a business around it – a huge adventure.<\/p>\n

My father stopped work at 90 – he is now 97. I wonder if I will do the same. Even now I am planning a shift in business to more involvement with people – more presentations on the creative process, more travel, more designing, more wonderful adventures.<\/p>\n

Thank you for reading my rambling. My business observation here would be – try something different, look at things from a different angle, with a different lens, perhaps. Explore the road less travelled – it could make a huge difference.<\/p>\n

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\nMy youngest and my first portrait – I need to take 4 more portraits as part of this challenge – “promises to keep and miles to go before I sleep!!!”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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