Bored and Brilliant Day 2: No Photos!

Day 2 (no photos) wasn't nearly as much of a challenge.

For me, pictures fall into a kind of dichotomous key:
- photos of me
A) for the public (Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Vine)
B) for my friends (Snapchat, SMS)
- photos of other stuff
C) for blogging / professionally
D) fun things!

Photos of me are a strange topic because I hate them. I have an idea about how I look, and then when I have a photo taken, I always think, "That's how I look?" I have always felt uncomfortable about my appearance and it's been a bit liberating to take more photos of myself and to put them out there. I don't need people to tell me how great I look for comment; it's more about saying, "Yes, I do look like that, and that's okay." Photos that I take for private functions are less of an issue because I'm so busy these days that I don't really have much time for that kind of social activity.

Not taking photos of other things was actually more difficult. I didn't have anything in my day that I felt like I MUST take photos of. I got some new glasses, and I wanted to show them off, but at some point people will probably see them in an actual photo of me that I take in a place while doing a thing.

The biggest challenge was that I got a Phagia freebie at ASHA this year and I decided to try it yesterday, and I wanted to take and post photos of that process so that people could see what it looked like. Because of the challenge, I didn't take photos of that, and I wish that I had.

One of the things that these challenges are teaching me is to be more considerate about how I use my technology. Do I need to take that photo? Am I sharing information or am I just seeking attention? What is the purpose of what I'm doing? What can I be doing that is more valuable instead?

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