Melissa, love all this. Community is so so important and you have to be intentional to put energy into building it or even just showing up, when opportunities arise. I want to thank you, as you have been very inspirational in all this for me. The APAD community was almost more important than my journalism education. So that taught me early on in my career how key community is. When I became a photo editor, I knew then that my role was much bigger than just editing the magazine, it came with being a community builder and photographer rep for the Hawai‘i visual journalism community. Not sure where Iʻm going with all this, but just nice to hear you speak more about taking action and bringing like-minded people together.
It is wonderful to have a small group to hold each other accountable. I just wrote on Darkrooms about our Self-Mentoring group we formed a few years ago. So rewarding to have like-minded peers.
Thank you for this. It was a bit of a call to arms for me. I was diagnosed with ADHD two months ago. I’m 62! My Substack has been a bit chaotic if I’m honest. I have taken a lot from your excellent post, so thank you.
Melissa, love all this. Community is so so important and you have to be intentional to put energy into building it or even just showing up, when opportunities arise. I want to thank you, as you have been very inspirational in all this for me. The APAD community was almost more important than my journalism education. So that taught me early on in my career how key community is. When I became a photo editor, I knew then that my role was much bigger than just editing the magazine, it came with being a community builder and photographer rep for the Hawai‘i visual journalism community. Not sure where Iʻm going with all this, but just nice to hear you speak more about taking action and bringing like-minded people together.
How about two words? Incentivized Hope :)
Great stuff, M! Thank you!
It is wonderful to have a small group to hold each other accountable. I just wrote on Darkrooms about our Self-Mentoring group we formed a few years ago. So rewarding to have like-minded peers.
I love this for you. Thanks for sharing, Marcel.
Thank you for this. It was a bit of a call to arms for me. I was diagnosed with ADHD two months ago. I’m 62! My Substack has been a bit chaotic if I’m honest. I have taken a lot from your excellent post, so thank you.