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Day 2133 – Starting From Scratch

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Yesterday, I told you about my new web presence. Thank you to those who have followed already!

Today, I spent some time looking into increasing followers on all three sites (new website/blog, Twitter and Facebook) and I found myself very discouraged. My photography business has a great following on Twitter and Facebook and this blog is huge! It is so intimidating to have to start from scratch.

But then I took a minute to let things sink in. Yes, I have quite a way to go until I match and exceed my current stats, but holy cow, look at what I’ve done with my photography business and blog! It was humbling to think about how many people have had an part in getting me to where I am today. So, to y’all, thank you so very, very much. I can’t wait to see where we go next!!

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Day 2132 – Help Me Followers, You’re My Only Hope!

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Well, I finally did it. I created JennilynGaitan.com. Along with that, I have a new Twitter and Facebook page.

Why do I need another page? I mean, after all, I have this blog and my photography business website. Given my organized side, I want to keep things in compartments. The new website is for my book and other types of writing I hope to do!

So, help me out! Follow my new page, my new Twitter and Facebook page! You’ll be the first to know when I’m published on other blogs and when I finally release my first book!

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Day 2091 – The Power Of The Written Word

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The past few days I’ve been doing some spring cleaning of my folders. I FINALLY went through about 4 boxes of papers that needed filing and shredding. All that’s left is burning and recycling a few bags. In my search, I found a letter I had written to Bret while he was in Iraq. I read it again and was surprised to see that something I was struggling with back then (nearly 8 years ago), is something that I struggle with now – trusting that God will bring about the best for us. We’re walking through some things right now that are causing me to not trust that God has it under control. I keep asking God about it…are you sure? Are you sure? What do I do? But reading the letter reminded me that I will more than likely struggle with this the rest of my life. The situations will change, so it will feel like a new struggle, but the heart will stay the same – do I trust God?

It reminded me how important it is to write things down. If you want to experience growth, journaling, writing letters, blogging, whatever, is so helpful. Being able to see what you thought and were going through in the past can show you areas where you need to grow as well as showing you areas where you’ve grown by leaps and bounds.

What about you? What methods do you use to leave a legacy of your life? Do you journal? Do you blog? I’d love to know!

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Day 2079 – The Status Of My Book – or – Sparkly Fingers

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Today, I’m doing a bunch of reading. It hit me while reading that it may be helpful to print out a section to help organize it. I feel stuck in the format of the book, this then that, etc. I feel pretty good with where I’m at now, but still needed a bit more clean up. I printed out the section I wanted to work on and then thought, you know, I’m going to print out the whole thing. This draft is about 16 pages long, some sections are only a note/idea, some a full blown almost chapters.

I printed it out, stapled it together and it just hit me, this is my book. It may never make it over 18 pages and that’s ok.

The weight of God’s blessing and mercy on me was overwhelming. I am honored that He has called me to share what HE has done in our lives through our business with others.

I sat there and just started to cry. Holding this draft and thinking about everything that had lead me to this point.

I went to wipe my eyes and that’s when I realized I forgot I put on my black eyeshadow with sparkles….yea, I was a black sparkly mess. 🙂

Note: this picture was taken after I had wiped off a little bit. lol, it was SO much worse.

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