Notes to myself is an attempt to create a new ritual. The intention is to capture thoughts and experience in life through reflection on recent events and experiences.
Our memory is biased towards recency. Each recent event appears as a letter crisply typed on a page. This page is deposited in the library of our mind gathering dust. In due course some of the pages become faded, some blank and some words and sentences of page remain true. The more often we visit a page or book from this library the longer it stays lucid.
We tend to loose details through automatic purge that happens daily. We use the same page to rewrite our story each day. Only a very selective parts of our experience, events, places visited, learnings ever make it into the library after the cleanse.
These notes are an attempt to document things that have impacted me in some way. It may provide material to reflect in future, solidify lessons learned, act as a guide post on how events have shaped me and provide course correction information.
This is not intended as a daily journal. It is meant for regular periodic reflections, may be weekly.
Read Manuals - Less is more
I am a photography enthusiast and have a DSLR for more than a year. This new year day I was in London for the new year's parade. It provided some spectacular photo opportunity. I was fortunate to have a good spot and the weather was holding as well. I got some good images from this even.
After the event I compared my images with ones posted on official event page. The professionals had and advantage of better gear, had flexibility to better position themselves. In retrospect I could have achieved even better results if I was more conversant in using various features of my device.
I have never bothered to go through the camera manual - Who does this anyway? I had read about digital photography, looked up work of renowned photographers and browsed through a few tutorials.This has resulted in gradual improvements in my skill over a period of time. All this while I was woefully unaware on specific on the features and capability of my camera.
With the life full of distractions and wants we tend to skim things. Having too many options clouds our focus. We do not devote time or effort to go through the grind . It is an easier option to move on to the next best thing that catches our fancy. It takes practice and repetition to anchor the learning and make them your own. Before we can soar we should learn to stand on firm ground.
I had started developing an itch to own a telephoto lens. I am putting this plan on hold while I sort a few things out. Sometimes "Less is More" and you may need to go deep before you can go broad.
© Ratish
Our memory is biased towards recency. Each recent event appears as a letter crisply typed on a page. This page is deposited in the library of our mind gathering dust. In due course some of the pages become faded, some blank and some words and sentences of page remain true. The more often we visit a page or book from this library the longer it stays lucid.
We tend to loose details through automatic purge that happens daily. We use the same page to rewrite our story each day. Only a very selective parts of our experience, events, places visited, learnings ever make it into the library after the cleanse.
These notes are an attempt to document things that have impacted me in some way. It may provide material to reflect in future, solidify lessons learned, act as a guide post on how events have shaped me and provide course correction information.
This is not intended as a daily journal. It is meant for regular periodic reflections, may be weekly.
Read Manuals - Less is more
I am a photography enthusiast and have a DSLR for more than a year. This new year day I was in London for the new year's parade. It provided some spectacular photo opportunity. I was fortunate to have a good spot and the weather was holding as well. I got some good images from this even.
After the event I compared my images with ones posted on official event page. The professionals had and advantage of better gear, had flexibility to better position themselves. In retrospect I could have achieved even better results if I was more conversant in using various features of my device.
I have never bothered to go through the camera manual - Who does this anyway? I had read about digital photography, looked up work of renowned photographers and browsed through a few tutorials.This has resulted in gradual improvements in my skill over a period of time. All this while I was woefully unaware on specific on the features and capability of my camera.
With the life full of distractions and wants we tend to skim things. Having too many options clouds our focus. We do not devote time or effort to go through the grind . It is an easier option to move on to the next best thing that catches our fancy. It takes practice and repetition to anchor the learning and make them your own. Before we can soar we should learn to stand on firm ground.
I had started developing an itch to own a telephoto lens. I am putting this plan on hold while I sort a few things out. Sometimes "Less is More" and you may need to go deep before you can go broad.
© Ratish
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