{"id":901,"date":"2024-04-13T12:18:35","date_gmt":"2024-04-13T10:18:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesszenlife.com\/home\/?p=901"},"modified":"2024-04-13T12:18:41","modified_gmt":"2024-04-13T10:18:41","slug":"defining-my-vision-a-journey-in-photography","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesszenlife.com\/home\/defining-my-vision-a-journey-in-photography\/","title":{"rendered":"defining my vision: a journey in photography\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As I sit down to reflect on my recent experiences, I find myself on a journey of self-discovery<\/a>. I would like to take you on a journey through my thought process of defining my vision. I\u2019ve been asking myself, \u201cWhat is my unique perspective in photography<\/a>? How can I contribute to the world?\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recently, I participated in an Entrepreneur Workshop<\/a> boot camp, organised by Maxi Strauch.<\/a> In the past, I\u2019ve attended several online courses and watched a lot of YouTube videos on defining our vision. Most of them left me unsatisfied. They all seem to have a common theme: define your goal in life, and the path towards it will somehow reveal itself. Part of it works for me, and part of it doesn\u2019t. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The workshop introduced me to the concept of a scanner personality, which resonated with me. A scanner is someone who has multiple interests, many ideas, and tries to do them all. For a long time, I felt like this. For a scanner, it\u2019s really difficult to focus on one thing, and we struggle with the world that seems to have this notion that we have to specialise in one thing and be very good at that. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

One valuable insight was to realise that there\u2019s a strategy to deal with this: we don\u2019t have to follow all of our interests at once. We can say, \u201cLet\u2019s keep that for later,\u201d and that\u2019s really helpful. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another helpful coaching question was, \u201cWhy do I attend these workshops?\u201d Beyond the obvious reasons like it\u2019s online, accessible, and I can do it at my own pace, I realised there\u2019s something in my life that I would like to fulfil. There\u2019s a gift inside of me, something that I would like to contribute to the world. It\u2019s nagging me. I haven\u2019t found the right way to do this yet, and maybe there are some limiting beliefs within myself, some hurdles I have to overcome. But basically, I have something to give, and I want to let that out now. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then I took a step further and thought about my vision. The examples that she gave in her workshop, like how do I want to live, where do I want to work, how much money do I want to earn, didn\u2019t resonate much with me. But we also talked about what\u2019s our motivation, and being helpful and of service for others could be a motivation. It\u2019s kind of what also drives me to be helpful, to see others thrive, and to understand how I can help them in their process of becoming a thriving artist. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

My vision is not about myself; it\u2019s about the value that I would like to bring to the world. I recently stumbled across the concept of contemplation photography, and that resonates with me a lot. I try to combine photography, mostly people photography but also street or landscape photography, with the ideas of Zen to be more mindful about who we are and what we do. I connect with our environment in a mindful way, with open awareness and without judgement. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I envision to take that one step further to use all this in the way of personal development: 
I aspire to integrate shadow<\/a> work, a concept that Carl Gustav Jung introduced me to into the photographic journey. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I remember I started this process of a Daily Record with my camera and I abandoned that project<\/a> again. Attending these workshops and thinking about what drives me, what\u2019s important to me, what matters to me, helped me to regain focus and to come back to this. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m still in the process of defining my vision, but I think I made one step further, I got a little bit ahead, and that fills me with joy and fulfilment. That\u2019s what I would like to share with you. I hope this insight is also valuable for you and helps you on your journey <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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