Epic Journey: Part 3

A couple days ago I was working on my "photographer's ego". Today I am working on my "webmaster patience"!! One of the exercises I am doing now is called "related procrastination". I should be working on my portfolio website now, but I've decided that since I've hit a block I will distract myself and exhale while writing on my new bloggity blog! It's related, right? I mean, it's essentially just another website about me and my photography, right? There's certainly a LOT less to worry about and I can just chatter away and no harm done, right? We'll see if i come up with something interesting to say!

Hhhmmm.... OOH! Update on that photographer's ego I'm working on - I was inducted Wednesday to the National Technical Honor's Society! I have worked very hard to maintain a high GPA and now it is starting to pay off. I am eligible for more scholarships now and that could be VERY useful!! Either way, I am going by the philosophy that FAILURE IS NOT AN OPTION! Nonetheless, it was still SUPER good for my ego!!

I keep thinking about the term "biting off more than you can chew". I do that sometimes... I think I may be doing it this weekend. I will be doing some event photography and some fun portraits at the event. I have volunteered to do the editing for these images and those that the other photographers take at the portrait studio. Mostly it will just be some quick cropping and adding a frame over-lay and I'm done, but if it's like last year there will be at least a few hundred to do! Plus I, also, have offered to help a friend with her "editing big bite" as she has several thousand images to go through for a project she is working on. I like helping people and I like big jobs. Mostly, I think I like AFTER better... It's nice to see when hard work pays off and I like the moment of realization when after working for hours and hours the end comes and the project is done.

I think that may be one of my current frustrations with my website project. This is actually going to be a 3 month project. I have just started putting it together, and next quarter I will be continuing the work. I do not see the end being anywhere near and that makes the steps I'm taking now seem like trudging through it instead of plowing ahead and getting it done. In reality I AM making progress and the end will come when it comes. If I do this right it will be an ongoing thing and will grow with me! I guess it's kinda like birth... I'm going through all these trials and tribulations just to make this thing, but it will go nowhere if I don't nurture it after it's born. I need to not hate it now so I don't hate it later.
Everything in moderation.


Here's some things I don't hate <3