Sean Reid Photography

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3 spots left for Fall minis! 🍂🍂🍂 You can book through this link:

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I’m working from Daytona Beach, Florida this week as I prepare for Mallory Alleyne wedding, and as I’ve been walking along the beach alone (corny as that sounds) I’ve had some time to reflect on my life.

I’ve suffered from depression my whole life so naturally I’m pretty hard on myself. I regularly tell myself “I don’t deserve”: “I don’t deserve a break”, “I don’t deserve to complain”, “I don’t deserve to enjoy myself” etc.

When I left for this trip I found leaving much harder than previous times as I now have two kids, one only 10 months old. I felt guilty that I was leaving two days earlier than planned and I couldn’t bring them with me.

I’ve felt bad about going out to dinner, grabbing a drink, walking along the beach or going to the Space Center without my kids. However my wife has constantly reminded me of how hard I work and that I should take this time to enjoy a little “me time”, something I’ve never truly had since becoming a father.

So today I found myself enjoying my trip to the Space Center, enjoying my food, my drink, my walk along the beach - for the first time ever I actually started to tell myself that I deserved to enjoy my time.

I work hard. I work two jobs (full time wedding photog and 9-5 at Launch) as well as various side gigs and thus I provide my kids with a life that I never had growing up; they never struggle like I did. All of their needs are met, emotionally, physically and mentally - and that makes me feel proud of myself.

I’m not complaining; I know that doing all of that provides my family with everything they need to thrive. I’m so thankful for my wife, kids, family and friends who are all so supportive and who have reminded me that I do deserve to take a couple days off to enjoy myself.

My point is that to all those who go through what I do mentally and physically, to all those who work their arses off, it’s so easy to deny yourself happiness outside of serving others/working for your fam, but as cliche as it is - you DO deserve a little you time, whenever you can find it take it and enjoy it, recharge and then get back to the grind ✌🏻

Thankful for a vaccine, thankful to be vaccinated, thankful to confidently get back to what I do best 🤘🏼📸