fully present memories

I tend to do ran­dom so­cial chal­lenges to see how they shift my life from time to time.

Last year, I took a un­of­fi­cial sab­bat­i­cal from tak­ing pic­tures par­tial­ly for the rea­son in this video.

I trav­eled to two coun­tries tak­ing very lit­tle pho­tos and it was amaz­ing to be ful­ly present. It was beau­ti­ful in­ter­act­ing with the peo­ple and just tak­ing in the days filled with cul­ture, deep blue wa­ter and beau­ti­ful landscapes.

I used to take so many pic­tures (not just self­ies) to the point where I would come to par­ties and peo­ple ex­pect­ed me to have my DSLR al­ways on hand for a pho­to opt.

When I got home, I kept the ‘no pho­to’ chal­lenge go­ing for months to the point where I al­most felt un­com­fort­able be­ing in pic­tures again.

Rather than fight­ing to find the right an­gle on a phone or be­ing up­set with peo­ple for not smil­ing on-de­mand, I found peace in just en­joy­ing the moment.

Don’t get me wrong, I still love pho­tog­ra­phy and self­ies from time to time but I have learned that some mo­ments are bet­ter to be ex­pe­ri­enced than to be captured.

—tirzah mon­eè

Flom­mist Tirzah Mon­eè is a De­sign­er, De­vel­op­er, Speak­er & En­tre­pre­neur an­a­lyz­ing her world one step at a time. Copy­right © 2018 Tirzah Mon­eè. Up top: Self­ie tak­en with HP Me­di­aS­mart We­b­cam, Oc­to­ber 2011.

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