As you may have noticed, I’ve been missing in action for a few months! I’ve been furiously working on setting up my photographic business and something quite wonderful has happened. While I was busy making plans for all of the ways I was going to work my butt off, assisting some of the top photographers, I had an unexpected and quite wonderful success with my own work. People started to buy it. And more people started looking at it and more people started talking about it. And suddenly I had to make a choice between the dream I had chosen for myself, and an unspoken dream that was so big and wonderful that I didn’t even dare believe it might be possible. Yet, all of a sudden, I can feel its energy swelling beneath me and pulling me along in an exhausting, terrifying, exhilarating wave of activity. And there’s nothing for it but to surrender.
All that I have learned in the past eighteen months, since I quit my City job, tells me that experiences like this are meaningful. That, at times like this, something is showing us the way. That when we open up to the things that we love, opportunities present themselves. Sometimes they’re not the opportunities we had planned. Sometimes they’re better. And so, today is my last post on this site and it will be taken down in a few weeks time. If you have enjoyed learning about my journey and you’d like to continue hearing about what comes next please follow me on my photography blog or stop by my Facebook page and say hi. I’ll still be talking about what it means to be a late bloomer and how shit scary it is to change direction because it’s still what preoccupies me the most.
When I first started blogging, eighteen months ago, I had no idea if anyone was even listening, and actually that wasn’t really the point for me back then. But I came to find an incredible support and connection online that was truly heartwarming and you’ve been a wonderful part of that. Thank you so much for all of your comments and support and encouragement. It’s meant more than you can know.
Nicola. xx
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Congrats, Nicola! You really deserve all the recognition you’re getting!
I found this blog when I was feeling down about my life, and it was so good to know there are people like me out there, that can change all their lives and still be successful.
I finally had the courage to quit my job and be happy photographing. I hope it goes well for me as it did for you.
Good luck on everything!
Greetings from Brazil
I’m so pleased for you and really glad to hear that it’s going well. You’ve got some great photos on your Flickr so I’m sure you’ll be a great success. I particularly love this one
http://bit.ly/olK81H
Congratulations Nicola! I’m so delighted to hear about your success and am not one bit surprised:) Keep up the beautiful work!
Thank you my dear! Not sure if you were at Squam this year but I hope to see you there again some time in the future. xxx
Congratulations Nicola! I sat next to you in Sarah Ahearn’s class at Squam last year. Your blog has been inspiring me ever since. I will be losing my corporate job in March and your advice has been invaluable to me.
Hi Barb!!! So good to hear from you. I loved your at-home recreation of your Squam experience! I also felt very sad not to go back this year. I sincerely hope that the loss of this particular job turns out to be the best thing that ever happened to you. I know it’s not easy to be courageous, but it’s much harder to be stuck. Best of luck and please do keep in touch. xxx
Well done Nicola!
It’s great news with the photography stuff
And a real shame your going to stop with this site
Keep up the good work!
Rob.
Oh no! I’m sorry to hear you’re taking down this blog, but thrilled to hear of your success and new online endeavours! Yay you! I am really happy for you, Nicola. One day I’ll be saying “I knew her when.”
Wow Nicola…You are truly so inspiring- and talented! I wish you all the best and thank you for being such an inspiration. Diane
Nicola, I’ve only just found this – please don’t take it down!! (or if you do say exactly when so I can save everything as web pages).
This is the only blog I’ve ever come across that I want to read from beginning to end.
Thanks Jonathan! This always happens…..every time I’m going to take this blog down, someone emails me and tells me that one of the posts really struck a chord with them. I guess there are lots of people having the same experience as I did! To be honest, I was planning on removing the site this weekend because the spam comments have become unmanageable but perhaps I’ll just close the comments instead and leave the posts up for a little while longer. Thanks for the support and the shoutout on Tumblr
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