Writing In The New Year

I've started posts at least three or four times in the last few weeks/months and I haven't managed to finish them. I do have something to say (and share), but there has been a major disconnect from putting fingers to keyboard to blog. I do carry a notebook with me in my camera bag and frequently take notes or write down some thoughts; far more often than I do with this blog. I have a notebooks for work and for my photo and Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom work.

So what is the problem? One legitimate excuse is that I spend far more time in front of a computer in my current employ than ever before. (In fact, one of my unfinished posts was to complain about the digital workflow.) A second, less valid excuse (in some ways) is that writing in a notebook or on scraps of paper has a more charm and perhaps a little more mystique. However, if you want to share your thoughts in this day and age, a notebook won't really cut it.

So, I've made myself a number of goals for this year. (Note that I wrote goal and not resolution. I understand that the terminology is more appropriate and indeed it feels like it too.) Some of these I want to put up here:

• Write an entry to this blog at least once per week.
• Take many more pictures.
• Build a new portfolio.
• Get at least one of my pictures published.
• Write a new resume.

Of course, there are a couple of more, but we'll see where we go on those. So, here's to the new year.