I've been a part of the Zenfolio community since 2009.  All of my family pictures, vacation, and daily photos are in an array of galleries since that time.

During the pandemic, one of my favorite things to do was to review family photos or vacations from previous years while I ate breakfast.  Sometimes I would pick a family event that I photographed to entertain me while I was drinking my coffee or enjoying my breakfast.  Other times, I would pick a year and look at the month's work of daily photos that I've taken.  That habit started in 2012 so I had a rich array of photos to look at.

So, I think it's quite plain that I am a hobbyist who enjoys taking photos and looks at my photos as a sort of visual diary since 2009.  This is 98% of what I use my Zenfolio galleries for.  I do photograph an occasional wedding or photograph events for my church.  But these are all done in a non-charging way.  Although I have to admit that this has become less and less of what I do in the past 4 years.  The emphasis in more on a visual daily diary of what I've done and experienced during the pandemic.  Especially the walks around my hometown.

Now, I just unarchived some family photos and walks from what I consider fairly recent years, 2020, 2021, and 2022.  Now, I have to think about what I want to look at so I can unarchive it the day before.  Most of the time lately, that's been OK.  But sometimes a request for a past photo takes time for me to think about when it was and what folder it might be in.  Even though I tried to create a gallery organizing structure that would be simple for me to use to find family, vacation, and special photos.  But sometimes that isn't an easy find.

Changing habits is sometimes a difficult thing to accept.  For the next few days, I am going to enjoy and appreciate photos that were taken in the recent past.  And try to remember what other fairly recent or in the past photos that I might want to unarchive for viewing later this month.