The Vanity of an Ancient King

Last week-end was, in the moment, one of the best week-ends I've had in awhile. I got to play host to notdefined, and see some folks I haven't seen in ages. It was also one of the worst week-ends I've had in awhile, as it became clear how much of a mess I've been this last year.

One of the big problems I have is over-planning. Not so much day-to-day stuff, as I tend to be the exact opposite. It's the big stuff that I over-plan, making it ultimately impossible to move forward. I need to know everything before I can move forward. All the details need to be known, everything categorised, put in place. Of course, this can never really happen. You can't know all the unknowns, and accurately plan for every possibility.

My photography "guru" once said "You're done. Stop. Print it". He was right in more ways than the obvious. I come back to that every now and again when I see myself spinning my wheels, unable to move. Why is this time different? Perhaps it's the perfect storm of all three life aspects (Domestic, Social, Work) converging in a miasma, depriving me of oxygen.

Part Three will hopefully come this week-end. It'll describe my current situation in the three life aspects. Part 4 will be about goals. Part 5 should be about creating the steps toward those goals.

Some of these will be friends-only (like the first of this series).

Wish me luck.