Moving Forward

Sometimes moving forward, moving ahead or moving on is exhilarating, emotionally draining or just plain difficult. This summer has been all of these things... Growing up I was told, anything worthwhile takes time and effort and as I've experienced these past three months, it's absolutely true.

The GSL-Visión magazine is published every June. Consequently, the six or seven weeks leading up to printing is quite hectic with revision and editing.

New to this year was the beginning of principal photography (the beginning of filming) for my production company's film, CHARIVARI a fashion UPROAR. We've had a film shoot in January, April, July and earlier this month. I can't tell you how rewarding it is to actually see your ideas expressed visually on film or in terms of a magazine, finally published. This is the Sizzle Reel we produced made of excerpts of some of our interviews to date:

Last, but certainly not least of all is my "day" job or as they say, "bread & butter" way of earning my living, which takes annual training, day-to-day updates and constant change. And it all comes to a head every August.

It has been a summer of constant prioritizing, organization, timing and let's not forget problem solving and financing! Not easy, but it is all worthwhile conquering my "to do" list of items and being able to look back and see the finished fruits of my labour.

Yes, all tasks have been accomplished through various degrees of difficulty; however, the sense of progress, and the satisfaction at each task completion generates great fulfillment and really does make it all worthwhile...

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