No Time To Waste

One of the most important things I took away from 2021, was that time is more fleeting than we realize.

There is truly no time to waste. Time should be well spent, and I’ve used a lot of time, and wasted a lot of time being indecisive, worrisome, and idle. Time that could have been spent more wisely doing things that will help me reach my goals - one being to practice more photography and upload more photos to this website. I’ve ignored that for almost a year - not that I was totally unoccupied, but I simply did not prioritize photography and the result is stagnancy. Part of that is the daunting task of going through old photos, editing them, and then uploading them in order. The good thing is, that once you do it - it’s basically done. No need to repeat - I simply need to be consistent and avoid procrastination.

I also spend a lot of time dwelling over whether the edit was done perfectly - perfectionism will lead me straight to stagnation. If an image is good - chances are it needs little editing. So, less editing and deliberating over whether an image is worth posting or not, and more doing.

As an amateur photographer, this is supposed to be fun, not a task - and I’ve made it into a task. It’s time for photography to be fun again. It’s time to make mistakes, learn, grow and be free spirited with the hobbies I love. It’s time to get going and get growing.