THE 90 DAYS OF SELF PORTRAITURE
CHALLENGE BRIEF
Photography Challenge: Document Cindy’s Creative Daily Commitment & Beat Her Feelings of Depression With Self Portraits
Time frame: Three Months, 90 days straight
Requirement: 90 photographs
Research inspiration: Her busy, loud, complex and confusing train of thoughts
REALITY CHECK: EVER EXPERIENCED THIS?
Have you ever found yourself doubting so much you stop counting on yourself? Or you start harshly criticizing yourself, your body or the situation by repeating sayings like I’m not worthy enough/ Who would trust me anyways? / Why is everything happening against me … and only me? These doubts used to lead and overwhelm Cindy’s journey. Luckily, in order to break through, she decides to capture a daily self-portrait for the next 90 days - she became the hero in her transformation, here’s how.
HOW AN ORDINARY PERSON TURNS INTO THEIR HERO
It’s Summer 2016, Cindy experiences intense anxiety, fear and confusing overwhelm after ending a deep relationship, pivoting her career from Engineer to Business Marketing and starting a new lifestyle as a content creator. She knows in order to put an end to her feelings of depression, she needs to design a lifestyle she’s proud of. Through the support of self-invested coaching courses, Cindy realizes in order to delete the negative narrative and toxic influences, she needs to be 100% accountable for facing herself in the mirror. The challenge is real.
There’s a voice inside that tells us a bunch of scenarios that they’re not even there, like am I enough? What am I doing here? Do I want a normal life, this type of relationship, career or health? It’s embarassing. Being in this situation feels like there’s no way out and no one else can get you, other than you. It’s emotional, so I can see why the power of selfies gives me a new sense of connection. It’s transformative, it’s therapeutic like journaling. I never thought selfies could save my life. It became my mission to help young creators overcome their hurdles, large and small, with an environment that puts freedom of expression at the very core of my identity. Results? I improved my vision of me, the way I see others and how stories interact with each others. It’s out of this world to see I’ve been able to improve my selfie skills, overcome self-demaging behaviours and win opportunities I never thought possible from previous Cindy, it creates a peace foundation inside of me. Today, I choose self-power as a leadership tool. As a bonus, I’ve found my online family and that’s the most rewarding part of the challenge.
Through the good, the bad and the ugly, she trusted the power of art. The 90 days project initiative is guided by creative impact philosophies, that art has the capacity to affect positive change. She tested the following variables: consistency in showing up daily for 90 days, document the narrative and take action on the work she cares about. The most significant challenge consisted in managing her busy schedule. She learned by letting go of the typical automated excuses, she pushed her creative envelope to explore new and different ways to make it work… one selfie at a time.
This project contributed to her freedom of self-expression, confidence and personal success… and she hopes to inspire you to dare different!
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Think you can make this challenge? Tag #SELFIEWITHCINDY on Instagram so she can support your journey too!