Christmas is packed away, the house is empty of guests & decorations. Many thanks to Heidi Yoder for the prompt to start Blip 1767 photos ago and also for this link ...

“Taking a photo each day and posting it online has complex benefits say researchers who say it supports improved wellbeing.”

A study co-authored by Dr Liz Brewster of Lancaster University and Dr Andrew Cox of the University of Sheffield recorded what photos people took, what text they added and how they interacted with others on the photo-a-day site for two months.
They found that taking a daily photo improved wellbeing through:
* Self-care
* Community interaction
* The potential for reminiscence
 
It also led to more exercise and gave a sense of purpose, competence and achievement.

The researchers said the practice is “an active process of meaning making, in which a new conceptualisation of wellbeing emerges.”

Full article accessed here https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/news/articles/2018/daily-photography-improves-wellbeing/

So here's to another year of ..... er .... well-being.