In October of 2023, I broke my camera on my phone. I never took any pictures so it wasn’t a big deal, but about two months later (when I took this photo), I actually started to see how many things I wasn’t capturing.

For some reason it took breaking my camera to be able to see the moments I wanted to capture with it. I was always so busy trying to convince myself that I was living in the moment that I never saw what was right in front of me.

I didn’t have to go on an extravagant expedition to see something worth capturing- it was right in front of me the whole time. I took this picture in front of the tennis courts.

Taking pictures gave me the chance to do something creative, something more than just whatever task the day handed me.

Not all of them were good, but every single one of them was a moment I put effort into capturing. That alone made them fulfilling.

Each picture is a time where I closed myself off from anything that was bothering me and just admired what I was seeing for a few seconds.

That’s something more people should do. Everyone is always so focused on going from point A to point B that they miss the journey in between.

That journey is all that really matters. Everyone has the same point A and the same point B in the end.

So live a little. Take some time enjoying the scenery. Life is much more beautiful that way.