When you are living the school year on a countdown, the moments are a lot more special. Each day pulls me a little closer to the end of my trip and so it reminds me to live in the moment. To capture the moment as well. In a way, it's nice. I unapologetically take a million photos of everything, even of things others might think are mundane. At about one third of the way through my time abroad, I only have six more months here. Six months seems like a lot, but the past three have flown by in an absolute blur. So much happens every week and I want it all captured for the rest of my life. So I journal, I blog, and I take as many photos as I please. I think selfies are some of the most valuable pictures to take because they pull you right into the moment. You put out your arm and it's like you're taking it again. And the silly faces, the unflattering angle, it turns into a memory. A moment of a hundred emotions and words. For just a second, it all freezes and I can forever look back at this moment taken with someone who meant enough to me to take the picture for. Other photos are important, too. Maybe it's just the walk up the hill to the bus stop that I've walked a hundred times at least, but I still want it because there's only so many times I'm going to make that trek and one day I'm going to miss it so much. Maybe it's a traffic cone decorated with tinsel to resemble what I would argue to be the best Christmas tree of all time. Maybe it's a family portrait taken via Facebook messenger when we were in four separate places physically but all together for a few minutes digitally. Everyone always says to take pictures, because you'll appreciate them when you're older. I believe that. So really my obsessive photo taking is a nod towards future Amy, giving her what she'll definitely need one day when she sits back in the US knowing a part of her heart has been left in another country.
And if you're not taking at least one photo a day, even of something you see every day, try taking some. One day you might be glad to have it.
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Amy will be spending the academic year at the University of Sunderland in England studying journalism. Archives
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