Last night as my boyfriend and I were walking down the grocery store aisle, I casually mentioned that I was thinking of starting a blog. "You know..." he said, "this would be the second blog that you've started since we met."
Last summer, I started one photography blog that I quickly lost interest in (you can find it here) and now, I am starting this one. To me, this doesn't seem like any major concern. He should get concerned if I were on blog four or five, if I was a blog hoarder or threw around blogs all willy nilly. But, I'm not, I just lose interest in things - regularly - and without warning. I could see in his face that a second blog was to him, another jump into something new, another project to pick up for a week and then drop.. which is understandably exhausting and endearing (I am assuming it's endearing, as I think flaws should be).
I'm the "free spirited friend", the one that sends "I've Moved!" cards every 6 months, and within a week has a new idea for the perfect career! I'll back up quickly and try to clarify - in the past five years, I have worked in a nonprofit, I have been a teacher (hello Teach for America people!), I have bought a condo, I have thrown it all to the wind and moved to DC to pursue a political career... and a year and a half and four apartments later, I have thrown it all to the wind again and left DC to pursue anything but a political career.
I have found myself about an hour outside of Chicago in picture-perfect Naperville, Illinois. My love for the Midwest and nice people is the reason I landed around here, the boyfriend is the reason I landed exactly here and the job - well, that I do not have.
I do have a camera, a love for trying new things, a curious taste for life and a resounding sense of self (that is what my momma tells me every time I tell her I'm trying something new.) I'm happy to have you along on this journey. As I explore a few, or many, novice notions. :) Cheers, Ally
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