Let's Be Friends.

Feeling a little burnt out lately. I've sacrificed a lot to follow my dreams, and while the journey has been amazing and I do not regret it for a second, lately I have been left wanting more. 

I love what I do but there is so much more to me than that. I have so much more to offer than the pictures I take. For every inch that I am overflowing with passion for my work there is gaping hole I have been neglecting: I am craving meaningful relationships with people. Luckily I have an amazing family I am very close to, and I have ten thousand and one acquaintances but I'm talking about real friends. The kind that stand beside you at your wedding and make toasts. The kind that you call when you make stupid decisions at 4 am or almost run over a cat on your way to work or get into a fight with your significant other and need to vent about how ridiculous the opposite sex is. The kind that take you out for a drink when you accomplish even the tiniest thing or celebrate things that are only important to you (like my singleversary). The kind that will take a road trip with you on a whim or stay up talking with you all night because you don't feel like being home. 

I want people that I can talk to about non-photography related things. People to go to a bar with for happy hour or watch a chick flick with or have an impromptu game night or be gym buddies or go on a double date with. People to go get our nails done or play dress up or come adventuring with me to find cool places to shoot or lay out and watch the stars and contemplate how tiny we are in relation to the universe. People who are cool and unique and have an interesting point of view and something to say, but who I can obviously still relate to. I want to create memories that will last a lifetime, not just capture them for other people. I want to build lasting, meaningful relationships, not just fleeting ones. 

There are so many people in my life right now that I think are so awesome and I get along with amazingly, but I simply have not found the time to really build on those foundations and create amazing friendships. That ends today. 

I am making a promise to myself to dedicate more time to my friendships. I don't know where in my crazy schedule I will do this but I want at least ONE day of every week to be spent bonding with someone awesome, having fun and doing something NOT work related. There are 52 weeks in the year. I could make a lot of memories in 52 days. 😊

If you think i'm cool people and want to be friends, or we're already "friends" but we could stand to hang out way more (applies to all of my friends, pretty much), let's hang out. You know you are: especially if I've told you how awesome I think you are (I don't really hand out compliments freely), or told you that I miss yo face, or that we should play or hang.  If we've been friends for 10 years but have since lost touch because life got in the way, I'm talking to you. If the first time we met we hit it off and we have lots in common and you're pretty sure you could see us still being friends 10 years from now if we only put enough effort into it, I'm talking to you. Don't make me start tagging people.

It goes without saying that If you're a creeper guy or a total stranger and we haven't connected in any capacity them I'm not really talking to you. Also, I'm not looking for a boyfriend. I've already got one of those thankyouverymuch.

This isn't a wanted ad, I'm just looking to strengthen the bonds I already have.

So yeah. Let's be friends people. The real life kind. Not the kind that just comment on each others statuses. Life is lived in the real moments, not on the Internet. Let's make memories that we will still remember long after facebook or Instagram dies and and that status is long forgotten. Let's go on adventures. Who wants in?