stukinarut salad

The current theory is that I've been pushing it too much. Pushing it in the "all work and no play makes jack a dull boy" sense. Shooting, processing, adding photos to the site, making changes to the templates, R&D into this and that, SEO, yeah. What's the point if I'm forgetting to have fun.

Possible remedies include:

1. Backing off on the production crunch, relaxing the schedule a bit, doing what parts I want when I want. That may sound obvious but... but! I already feel so behind, I don't know if it's a good idea to get further backlogged. It may just make me feel worse in the long run. I'm trying to have some discipline and a good work-ethic here.
2. Changing perspective, by doing something entirely different photographically. Maybe the shift in gears will be enough to knock the monkey wrench out of the clockwork. Damn monkey. Somebody suggest what I should shoot.
3. Find a zen treatment option. Shiro suggests we do the unthinkable... spend a day shooting, and at the end of the day instead of downloading, we just format the cards. This appeals to me. I think it should be done, to remind me of the proper priorities. But will it be enough?
4. So far all the remedies I've listed are still related to photography. Perhaps the answer lies not within, but without, and I need to add something new to the mix. Maybe I'm letting photography become a self-dug rut.
5. I have a vague plan regarding winning the lottery and dive bombing the Whitehouse, dropping planeloads of my photos, but I haven't fleshed it out fully.
6. Getting involved with others who have an interest in photography and/or the arts in general. I've been terribly solitary in my photography lately. And I *know* being around creative people inspires me. So I should probably do something about that, and seek out some people in real life. Anybody want to do... something?
7. There is no last thing.

I want to thank everyone who made comments/suggestions to my last post on the subject. I still plan to reply. I just want to reflect further and process.

In other news, three birthdays down, two to go. :)