So last week was about some brutal honesty on what I haven’t been doing to move photography forward. This week is meant to be a little more constructive in what I plan to do about it.

First off, I’m committing to do my current list of photography projects without any new equipment – I can produce an ebook with what I’ve got, even if it could be better with newer, shinier toys.

Next, artistic mood is as much about habit as real mood. Habits are much easier to continue in a productive fashion even when you feel grumpy. If I can manage to brush my teeth, I can get the camera out at least three times a week even if those pictures are not good for much.

Lastly, two hours a week spent working on the trip book I’ve been planning – the pictures are all taken it just involves editing, writing the essays and putting it together. Even if that means getting up at 5:00 on a Sunday it needs to happen.

Along with that goes continuing to work on the website, social media and the rest of marketing, but that can’t be successful if I save the actual product ’til last.

And a final note – just to let all of you keep me honest I’m going to append a progress report to each post going forward – that way we’ll both know how effective these strategies really are…

Next week: my health-related goal of losing weight and what excuses are at work there.

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