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Project 365: Week 1/52

Project 365: 3/365

3/365: After spending most of the last 48 hours indoors, both James and I were hit with cabin fever. While still not the warmest of evenings, we ventured out anyway and found refuge in a pub on Church Street. Sadly, the homeless chap we chatted with that evening didn’t have the same luxury. Hopefully the few dollars we gave him, plus the hot coffee, helped a little.

Project 365: 2/365

2/365: Today was as cold as could be and resulted in a severe weather alert for Toronto. Besides venturing outside for the weekly groceries, the rest of the day was spent indoors in our PJs playing XBox 360, watching movies, working on knitting projects (for me) and then ended with a lovely roasted chicken dinner made by James. My contribution to dinner was some homemade fruit filled (read: strawberry jam) oatmeal bars topped with some good old English custard, albeit rather lumpy custard, but oh well.

Project 365: 1/365

1/365: January 1st, 2010, delivered the first real snowfall for Toronto. So, James and I hit the street for a nice walk as it fell. Don’t you just love walking outdoors as the snow falls from the sky? It was quite lovely to see everything covered in a blanket of white.

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Some Focus: New Weekly Features

Along with a new blog, I’m also introducing some new weekly features. While I don’t want to structure my blog too much, I do want to bring a little more focus to it. Here’s what I have in store.

My Desk

Green Motive
If you’ve been reading my blog since early last year, you may remember this series. Well, it’s coming back. Originally, one of my intentions for this blog was to provide regular content to promote more eco-friendly choices in both life and business. So, not only will I be interviewing other eco-friendly designers, I also hope to share tips, DIY tutorials and much more.

This Self-Employed Life
This series is probably the one I’m most excited about. Self-employment isn’t the easier of careers to choose and last year was a huge roller-coaster of ups and downs for me. That ride often resulted in lack of focus and a scramble to just do something. I’m hoping to steer myself differently in 2010 and I want this journey captured – the good and the bad.

I also have interviews planned with others that are self-employed, as well as guest posts with business advice and more.

Etsy Hunt
Another series I’m bringing back that I originally started in 2009. It’s simply a showcase of beautiful handmade goods I’ve discovered on Etsy.

Project 365
You’ve probably heard about this project over on Flickr or elsewhere, so I’m sure it’s needs no introduction. Basically, I want to capture my life, because if I’m honest, I barely have any photographic recollection of it. It’s kind of sad really. So, being able to look back on a whole year, day by day, kind of excites me and of course, it’ll also force me to become more comfortable with my camera.

The only thing that I’ll be doing differently is posting my photos weekly (every Sunday) rather than everyday. I think Project 365 comes with enough pressure as it is (trust me, I found even the first 2 days hard), so I thought a weekly post to document each day of week was more feasible. Also, I kind of like the fact it’ll take on a journal feel as I plan on writing a brief description about each photo and how it related to that particular day.

What do you think? My goal is to bring more valuable insights and content to those that read my blog. I hope this does the trick.

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Hello 2010

A new year. A new decade. A new start. A new blog.

A burst of red

Where’s the old blog you say? It’s gone. Deleted forever. I went back and forth on whether I should archive it elsewhere but my desire to start fresh was too strong. So, welcome to the new blog for modernemotive. This quick redesign is just the start, so please bear with me as I iron out the kinks and add new features. I’ve got lots of new content planned, as well as new directions for my life and business, so I hope you’ll come along for a ride.

Here’s to 2010. I hope it’s a beautiful year for all.

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