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Auld Lang Syne

            I'm spending the final hours of 2018 much the way I spent the rest of the year. Processing photos, reflecting, and trying to impart meaning where none exists. One aspect of the New Year's is how the entire holiday boils down to a single moment; the tick of the clock's second hand as it sweeps past midnight and heralds the arrival of the new year. The party really is over right there and then. Oh sure the festivities will carry on for a while, for some anyway. Frankly a lot of the hoopla seems to drain out of this celebration as the years stack up. Having witnessed countless ball drops over the years, there isn't much merriment left in it for me. I don't mean this to sound pessimistic; it's just that the my expectations for the new year have diminished, at least externally. I don't expect much if anything to change in the world. However I'm always far more optimistic about the prospects for my little corner of that world. I'm always going to strive to improve, do better, be better, etc. To stop trying is to stop living. But I don't think that necessarily has to be timed with the arrival off a new year. It's more of a mindset to be adopted and acted upon all year. Resolutions are good, but they are doomed to fail unless you really want to achieve the desired outcome. If you haven't done any prep work and are relying entirely on the stroke of midnight to institute whatever life reform that has eluded you, disappointment likely awaits you sometime later in January. Better to start now on modifying whatever behavior you seek to alter; make it a twelve month goal rather than a one second Hail Mary pass into the end zone.

Taken on: September 13, 2018

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Camera: Nikon D7000, f/4.8, 1/750 sec, 26mm (=39mm), ISO 800 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D7000
Lens:	18.0-200.0 mm f/3.5-5.6
Aperture:	f/4.8
Exposure Time:	0.001 sec (1/750)
Focal Length:	26mm (35mm equivalent: 39mm)
ISO:	800
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Center-weighted average
White Balance:	Auto
Gain Control:	Low gain up
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop CC (Macintosh)
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