I am not the type of person who makes New Year’s resolutions, but it has been exactly 1 year since I decided to set a goal of documenting my everyday life by taking at least one photo every single day of the entire year — starting on January 1, 2015.

Why did I want to do it? Because documenting life is not only about capturing those big events such as birthdays and holidays, right? It is more about capturing those single everyday moments. And I just wanted to focus more on the joy of each day, like a gift that has been given to me.

It might sound like an easy thing to do, but it has not been easy at all.

Some days were full of new experiences when I took tons of pictures, but other days were just regular days when I managed only a quick snap while going to work. But looking back at all those pictures reminds me of exactly those little precious moments of the day which I would normally fail to remember.

Some people also say that taking a photo every day will make you a better photographer. I don’t know if that is true, but one thing is certain — you’ll capture great memories that would otherwise be forgotten.

Almost a year has passed, so I went through all those moments and found out that my life contains mainly the following 9 things. And this is what I realized:

1. Breakfast

I can remember this time exactly. In the Spring of 2014, I started to eat breakfast together with my girflriend on a regular basis. Every single morning. Day by day. This breakfast time when we eat together became an essential, and very important part of our day, and we both enjoy it a lot. These joint moments, when we both have time to talk and focus on each other, and slowly prepare for each new day is something which we don‘t plan to give up.