Crumbs… I’ve been so busy lately that I haven’t noticed the last 44 days go by. Of course I have had no gluten in that time. That would be daft!
Stu's Life List
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1. continue to live in peace, freedom of heart and simplicity
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2. Become a better craftsman
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3. learn humility
2 entries . 3 cheers20 people -
4. become more involved in 43T
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5. be fluent in Japanese
17 entries . 9 cheers244 people -
6. become fluent in Finnish
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7. use people's names when I greet them
18 entries . 56 cheers34 people -
8. Have a healthy BMI
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9. Do 50 consecutive push ups
16 entries . 20 cheers15 people -
10. exhibit my photographs in a public place
16 entries . 30 cheers94 people -
11. drive to Nordkapp
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12. Visit the highest point of each county in GB
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13. eat my five fruit and veg every day
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14. Be gluten-free for real for 365 days without giving up or thinking I can get away with it because I can't.
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15. spend serious time learning about the Gospel of Mark.
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16. post 43 pictures of where I live
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17. Climb Helvellyn
1 entry . 7 cheers3 people -
18. visit country tops
2 entries . 4 cheers1 person -
19. take an alphabet of photos
15 entries . 16 cheers167 people -
20. get married
6 entries . 17 cheers18,535 people -
21. write a book
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22. See the Severn Bore
1 entry . 3 cheers4 people -
23. Photograph a Messier object
1 entry . 3 cheers1 person -
24. watch all the movies on entertainment weekly's top 50 cult movies list
33 entries . 14 cheers17 people -
25. photograph a themed collection for potential display or publication
8 entries . 25 cheers1 person -
26. be more ballsy
6 entries . 7 cheers3 people -
27. listen to all my CDs
1 entry . 1 cheer6 people -
28. Have a 43T meetup in the UK
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29. educate myself in art
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30. find my muse
1 entry . 2 cheers29 people -
31. sit in and take photos of 43 coffee shops
2 entries . 4 cheers6 people -
32. build up a network of Celiacs to facilitate gluten-free traveling
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33. Embrace a Celiac Lifestyle
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34. learn how to take stock photos
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35. complete the one hundred pushups challenge
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36. Celebrate Christmas through meaningful giving, as opposed to engaging in consumption for its own sake regardless of need.
1 cheer19 people
How I did it: Most of the journey was about finding a path. I started out very generally - looking at selling holiday pictures, landscapes and the like. As I went through the BIPP mentoring scheme, I realised that it's people that I like, and have been concentrating on portraiture, building confidence, finding studio space, submitting regular panels for mentor advice, and attending top quality training courses.Slowly, my specialisation has been paying … Read how I did it…
I posted my first spoken Japanese video on YouTube. Scary stuff.
I think it’s full of errors, but I did it!
I’ll be holding an open day in a public place on the 7th of November. It will be my own work on display – portrait and wedding stuff, and I’m still pondering whether to put a little landscape/travel stuff up, or will that be too much of a spread of genre? Hmm…
Anyway… open day ... yeah, should be fun. We’ll be doing a bit of a fashion shoot, too – I have a willing model coming along, and the number for another one. As well as free portrait sittings. Should be fun if I can get enough people to come along.
