Threshold of pain
The concept seems to apply everywhere in life. How long can you hold on, and what pain and how much discomfort can you deal with.
When I was in the military, I learned that the mind gives up before the body. Making those runs, or crawling through the sand, even working 24 hour shifts, many times I wanted to quit, but as long as I didn't, my body would continue on.
Starting up a photography business, heck, any business, you have to deal with that "threshold of pain". There are so many outside forces that one has to deal with to be successful. Most would normally think "it's the economy, stupid" but it isn't. I talk to a handful of photographers every week and keep tabs on a dozen more in the area. Everyone is working. Sure, they are established. But at one point, they were starting out too. Just as I am. I just happen to be starting out in a down economy. It will still come down to this. People get married, people have babies, people graduate, and people get married.
My influences are of course money. Not bringing any in, which creates another force, called the spouse, and that can be the greatest force known. Right now, it's a in a negative energy mode. Some day, I hope it to be a positive force. But I won't prognosticate that weather pattern. When I am able to bring in some cash flow, the force will become neutral. Not Switzerland neutral mind you, but more like, it's no longer a negative energy.....yet not a positive one either.
As I get older, my patience has seemed to gotten longer and stronger. I know my time is coming. But not very many people in my life share this optimism. I look back on the past 12 months, and I wasted many a day. But there are days and weeks, that I have accomplished what seems like a lot. The spouse, doesn't see what I have done. Doesn't understand it took me 8 1/2 hours to edit 440 images. I only liked 99 and was able to narrow those down to about 15. It takes time and to edit so tightly. But I had to provide enough images for enough saleble items. No pictures, not sales. More pictures, more sales. At least that's always the hope.
When I was in the military, I learned that the mind gives up before the body. Making those runs, or crawling through the sand, even working 24 hour shifts, many times I wanted to quit, but as long as I didn't, my body would continue on.
Starting up a photography business, heck, any business, you have to deal with that "threshold of pain". There are so many outside forces that one has to deal with to be successful. Most would normally think "it's the economy, stupid" but it isn't. I talk to a handful of photographers every week and keep tabs on a dozen more in the area. Everyone is working. Sure, they are established. But at one point, they were starting out too. Just as I am. I just happen to be starting out in a down economy. It will still come down to this. People get married, people have babies, people graduate, and people get married.
My influences are of course money. Not bringing any in, which creates another force, called the spouse, and that can be the greatest force known. Right now, it's a in a negative energy mode. Some day, I hope it to be a positive force. But I won't prognosticate that weather pattern. When I am able to bring in some cash flow, the force will become neutral. Not Switzerland neutral mind you, but more like, it's no longer a negative energy.....yet not a positive one either.
As I get older, my patience has seemed to gotten longer and stronger. I know my time is coming. But not very many people in my life share this optimism. I look back on the past 12 months, and I wasted many a day. But there are days and weeks, that I have accomplished what seems like a lot. The spouse, doesn't see what I have done. Doesn't understand it took me 8 1/2 hours to edit 440 images. I only liked 99 and was able to narrow those down to about 15. It takes time and to edit so tightly. But I had to provide enough images for enough saleble items. No pictures, not sales. More pictures, more sales. At least that's always the hope.
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