It’s that time of year again when we all start thinking about how to level up!

For almost 4,000 years humans have been using the end of one year and the beginning of another to pause, take stock, and make some changes. In the modern version, many of us do this with a glass of bubbly in our hand near the stroke of midnight on December 31st, or sometime in the first weeks of January, as we clear away holiday decorations, torn wrapping paper, and cookie crumbs.

Here at Shoot My Travel we love a good New Year’s Resolution, especially when it’s about celebrating who you are and where you can go, literally and figuratively! We believe a New Year is a new opportunity for you and the world to shine, together. 

Let us show you how!

Travel means adventure and new experiences. It doesn’t have to mean expensive or unattainable. On a budget? No problem! Plan a camping trip to a National Park, go on a road trip through your State, or just get to the nearest city and explore for a weekend! 

And if you’ve got the means or have been saving for awhile, make 2020 the year you finally travel to Paris, Rome, Tokyo or [insert dream destination]. Life is short. Do it now!

And with travel photographers in over 500 cities around the world, we’d bet that one of our professional photographers will be nearby to capture you out there living life to the fullest. 

Elevate your brand

A New Year is a great time to start a new endeavor or take your project, business, or hobby to the next level.

If you want people to see your cool brain child and get as excited about it as you, it’s all about your website, content, and media.

Just getting started? There are plenty of website builders that make it possible for anyone, regardless of experience, to create a beautiful site. The content you fill that website with should reflect your “why” and come from the heart. 

As for media, whether you’re just starting your brand or rebooting, Shoot My Travel can help! Got an idea for eco-friendly sassy t-shirts, get some friends to model and we’ll do the rest. Want to fight for the environment, get your fierce self out in nature and we’ll shoot you in action.

Whatever your mission, our professional photographers will nail those headshots, give you great pics for social media, and splash your site with stunning, relevant photos.

As global consciousness shifts towards experiences over things, we also naturally look up and see the beautiful faces and people around us. We remember that at the end of the day, it’s who we spend time with that counts.

So this year, make a resolution to spend more time with those you love. This can be as simple as a commitment to have dinner with family once a week or host a friends’ get-together once a month, or as elaborate as an epic family vacation.

However you do it, let one of our professional photographers capture those special memories. We’ll make sure you can relive those times together again and again, provide you with great gifts to frame, and inspire you to renew this resolution each year.

Get healthier and happier

This tends to be the focus of most New Year’s Resolutions, but more often than not we make it about grueling diets, gym memberships, and impossible expectations.

Getting healthier and happier is actually a lot easier and more enjoyable than that! 

Think about a relaxing yoga session where you’re getting in touch with your breath and gently stretching those muscles. This might not seem like much of a work-out, but your mind is becoming more peaceful and those muscles stronger with each Downward Dog and Child’s Pose.

Another example? Travel! Research is suggesting that people who take frequent vacations, making time to disconnect and relax, have lower risks for heart disease and high blood pressure, as well as reduced depression and anxiety. 

Let Shoot My Travel help you get healthier and happier this year! Refer back to Resolution #1, then look through our Destinations with a focus on yoga retreats, walking tours, or picture perfect beaches. Our travel photographers will then be there to snap proof that enjoyment is the key to a long, happy life!

Meet a personal challenge

Just because getting healthier and happier doesn’t have to be backbreaking, that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t keep challenging ourselves. Albert Einstein said that the day we stop learning is the day we start dying.

And as we enter the new Roaring Twenties, it’s all about living! Not just living for ourselves, but living for others and for the planet.

This year set a challenge for yourself that reflects how you want to live in this world, then get out there and do it! 

Have you always wanted to run the Paris marathon? Canoe through the Amazon? Tackle Spain’s Camino de Santiago pilgrimage? Learn a language or musical instrument? 

Make 2020 the year you give it a try. Then arrange for one of our professional photographers to capture you crushing it, at home or abroad. And remember, success is not measured in perfection, but in the very act of trying.

More and more research is showing that self-love and positive self-talk has an exponential effect on improving our well-being and leading us to success. So when making your resolutions, instead of thinking about what you still need to fix or do, think about what you already love about yourself and what you’re proud of, and resolve to celebrate that.

Treat yourself to an experience abroad and invite one of our travel photographers to help celebrate you. Or simply let one of our local professional photographers capture you in all your amazing brilliance right here, right now!

By celebrating yourself in 2020, you’ll be creating new, positive patterns and paths into the years to come!