Might Change My Workflow

This is another in an endless line of posts about getting photographic film developed. As usual the main theme is that I am an impatient asshole. Consider yourselves warned.

When I first started mailing film off to a development lab I was sending it to a place in New Hampshire. The lab is close enough that I could probably drive to it and drop it off in person. It’s a little too far to do as a spur of the moment, off the cuff kinda drive, but it was close. When I dropped the package in the mail it was usually at its destination the next business day.

Then I changed labs. Instead of shipping to New Hampshire I was shipping to San Clemente, CA. All the way across the country. The service was a little cheaper, and to my very ignorant untrained eyes the end result looked a teeny tiny hair’s width better. Was it actually better? I don’t have a clue. The question was, does the slightly lower cost offset the extra 4–5 days of travel time to get the package of film to its laboratory destination? At first I thought yes. Now?

My plan for this summer is to shoot film once a month. Last year I was trying to go out and take pictures of stuff any time the sun was out in the early morning on the weekend. It got the point where I was sneaking out of the house 2–3 days each week. That was silly. This year I am going to blitz for one weekend, weather permitting, each month and that will be it. This month had an extra day because I needed to test drive my new camera, but outside of that I plan to stick to once a month.

Next month I think I am going to go back to the lab in New Hampshire. Hell, I might even drive there. Probably not, but if I can find some excuse I might. At the very least I will compare prices between the two labs directly and if it’s even remotely similar I am going to go with the faster shipping turn around time with the closer to home service. 

I dropped four rolls of film in the mail on Saturday. I don’t expect them to get to California until Friday. I am generally a patient person and that wait should not bother me… but in this case I am completely impatient and it does bother me.

Damn it, I am such a freakin’ nerd.

Results come late.

Effort comes first.

That’s the part most people hate —
working without immediate rewards.

But that’s also where real builders separate themselves.

#BuildInPublic #Patience #Startups #Consistency

how dare the rules apply to me

https://piefed.social/c/196/p/2069755/how-dare-the-rules-apply-to-me

A slow path opens before you today. Delays around travel, work, or a decision will test your patience, yet each pause reveals useful information. Keep moving with discipline and avoid shortcuts. By nightfall, a clearer direction appears through a quiet conversation.

#longroad #guidance #intuition #destiny #journey #patience

https://mastodon.nz/@Kay/116578598314351563

So @ kay posted a public message asking for ppl to send in songs about celebrating or accepting people who are different.
So I replied with a couple of youtube links.

...and then she blocked me before I had change to add the names to them, what a deeply unpleasant, intolerant and self righteous person she is. Reminds me of some of the teachers in my comprehensive school, all preachy but no compassion.

#hyoocrite #hypocrisy #music #tolerance #patience #compassion

for the rest of the

for the rest of the 
week, we will patiently respond 
with, “not The Who, but 

the Hu,” as if that cleared things 
up, stretching across continents
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How to keep patience while frustrated

Let us find out the causes of frustration and learn ways to resolve them calmly... https://youtube.com/shorts/oxTihlIx7hw

#mastodon #patience #friday #Reels #shorts #DadaBhagwan

RE: https://ext.sportsbots.xyz/users/16435792/statuses/2054637896246645036

Still on a high from this night! So honored to be asked by President Morehead to give the commencement speech to the Class of 2026!
Truly a night I will never forget, I’ve had a lot of good nights inside @[email protected] but this one is among the best!! #Patience #Perseverance

A quotation from Thomas Carlyle

Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) Scottish essayist and historian
The Life of Friedrich Schiller, Part 2 (1825)

More about this quote: wist.info/carlyle-thomas/84047…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #carlyle #thomascarlyle #accomplishment #concentration #dilution #effectiveness #effort #focus #objective #patience #willpower