I know what you are thinking. “Darcy posted all that talk about waiting no more in the last entry and now it’s been several weeks and no new posts.” Sorry, my wife’s doula business has really lifted off the ground so she’s been at births. I’ve been tending to the children and doing more cooking and a little cleaning. Needless to say, I’m tired. I have felt constantly fatigued in recent weeks, but worry not, things will get to rolling very soon. In the meantime enjoy this photo I took last week. Someone from the Jacksonville Photography Meetup Group had requested photos of ‘circles’ one day on the facebook page and this was my entry. I had thought to take a photo of the dash of my car as there are lots of circles in there, but then decided the soundhole of my Carvin C350 would make a cool photo. I got it out of the case, spread it out on the bed, turned out the lights and got my reading lamp for lighting. After taking the photo I went into the GIMP for some tweaking and editing to add some drama. Hope you like it!

It has dawned on me that I am always waiting for something. Waiting to place my order. Waiting to afford new gear. Waiting for a paycheck. Waiting for my house to sell. Waiting for a good time to get out and take more photos. Waiting for an opportunity…

I was reading a post on David duChemin’s blog the other day that really lit a fire beneath me. He linked a video (Rated PG for language) of Gary Vaynerchuk talking about doing what you love. It’s a passionate performance that really prompts one to think “Am I doing what I love?”

I once loved cad drafting. I still do, sometimes… Although it was never my number one choice for a “career”. I wanted to be a musician. Instead I listened to advice by certain folks near to me and I went to school and got a “real job”. Under uninformed circumstances I would say that was a mistake, but I think that would be a comment lacking in intelligence. My life may have taken a totally different turn had I gone to M.I. or Berklee and I may not have ever met my wife or a number of great friends which I now hold dear to my heart.

So that leaves me with the HERE and NOW. What do I do now that I have a new love (photography) that I truly have a passion for? I think it’s time to move that pan to the front burner and let cad drafting simmer on the back one for a while. It’s time to CREATE opportunities and STOP WAITING for something to fall in my lap. It’s time to TURN OFF THE T.V.! (That’s a reference to the aforelinked blog and video. If you didn’t click those links GO NOW.)