Today is June 1st which means it’s time for an update on my progress toward the Year of 50 Short Stories and 5000 Photos. Astute readers will have noticed that I continually update the box on the right side of this page with my current progress as I make photos or write, whether or not I post them here. What you will not know is that I have been keeping a log since January 14th of the progress I make per update. Here is the breakdown for my photographs.
| Jan 14 | 23/5000 (0.460%) |
| Jan 17 | 152/5000 (3.040%) |
| Jan 19 | 230/5000 (4.600%) |
| Feb 16 | 354/5000 (7.080%) |
| Feb 21 | 659/5000 (13.180%) |
| Feb 24 | 1104/5000 (22.080%) |
| Feb 26 | 1202/5000 (24.040%) |
| Feb 28 | 1318/5000 (26.360%) |
| Mar 06 | 1834/5000 (36.680%) |
| Mar 07 | 1904/5000 (38.080%) |
| Mar 22 | 2013/5000 (40.260%) |
| Mar 23 | 2131/5000 (42.620%) |
| Mar 28 | 2206/5000 (44.120%) |
| Apr 20 | 2276/5000 (45.520%) |
| Apr 26 | 2400/5000 (48.000%) |
| May 08 | 2821/5000 (56.420%) |
| May 09 | 2919/5000 (58.380%) |
You can see that not only has my progress been consistent, but that even early in May, I was beyond the 50% mark before half the year had elapsed. All in all, I think my progress has been appropriate and, frankly, pretty impressive. I’m surprised and pleased that I’ve stayed on track with this. Good job, Joe. Even better is that merely half way through my quota for the year, I can see and feel my photography improving. That is really encouraging and makes me want to get out there and keep making photos. The remaining 2000 (I have some on my camera waiting to be offloaded) should be a piece of cake. I will be interested to see what the final tally will be for the year.
Ok, thats great and all, but what about the other half? Let’s look at the breakdown.
| Jan 14 | 0/50 (0.000%) |
| Mar 31 | 1/50 (2%) |
| Apr 07 | 2/50 (4%) |
Ooooh. Not so good. 4% at the halfway point? Pretty fucking pathetic actually. So what’s my problem? I think I’m being my own worst enemy here. I’m getting caught in creative webs, constantly trying to write brilliant material so that when what’s coming out isn’t sparkling, I get dismayed and stop. BAD JOE! I need to learn from the photos—not every photo I take is brilliant, but every one counts. I just need to put the words down and then worry about them later. Luckily I have 6 months left, which averages out to about 2 stories every week. Totally doable. I just need not to be so fucking hard on myself with the writing and just let it be loose and creative and dark and funny and whatever. Not everything needs to be perfect. I need to remember that.
And with my impending unemployment, I will need to learn to schedule better and make time to be creative for the remaining 48. I can do it.
I will update on my progress when I hit 3/4s on September 1.
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