Towards the end of last year I planned a new strategy for all those larger home projects that never get done. In Mapping my time better: a year of intentional choices, I explained how I was going to set a couple of projects per seasonal quarter. Summer was to be Complete photo cataloguing and Learn astrophotography basics.
I had some success, with Complete photo cataloguing as there are 40% fewer photos left to catalogue, and some of the harder, poorly dated folders are done. Learn astrophotography basics was a complete write-off and I didn’t get the camera out once. What I did do instead was paint my Sylvaneth Treelord Ancient model, accidentally bringing that forward from Autumn during my holiday. It was the wind-down activity I needed to complete.
And I’m ok with that. The purpose was to push forward in large chunks without getting distracted by smaller things, or feeling ashamed about not finishing projects. Here is the revised structure.
Of the two items, Learn astrophotography basics has to happen before our Uluru trip but with thick cloud and a full moon in a couple of days, all I can do this week is some preparation.