Who doesn’t love a favorite diner breakfast? Mine, is called Snacktown. It’s local and in close proximity to the Clean Max Laundry Center, so you’ll often find me here on Mondays, my day off from the camera store. My only big plans for the day are finishing my laundry, cleaning my apartment, and finishing a DVD slideshow project for a client.

That’s sort of what it’s been like for me lately, which makes me feel like I’m not doing enough for my ultimate goals, the idea I started this blog to complete. Applications for graduate school aren’t due until January and my meeting with a favored professor isn’t until the end of November. Life has taken over somewhat. I’ve been cooking with my girlfriend, shooting more snapshots than projects, and gearing up to settle a credit card debt I incurred from some camera purchases.

It feels like that, but it’s not all like that. One needs to remind one’s self of the little accomplishments that are adding up. I’ve entered contests, finished minor projects, centered in on a grad school I can afford and is local. I’ve done what I can around the time I have. Plus I’m pretty happy. I just got a raise at work, my girlfriend and I are moving in together, and I’m enjoying the time I spend with my friends.

Photography is a journey, not something that needs to get done before I turn 30. This is something I need to remind myself every now and then when I get down on myself about where I’m at in life.