Tag: New World Project

When is the ideal time?

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We often sit and contemplate ‘when will be the best time to do ‘x’?’

Then by default, we are programmed to risk assess the situation and the possible ‘dangerous’ outcomes of doing something. This comes from 100,000’s of years of evolution. We now know that there are no real physical dangers posed by doing most things, apart maybe from signing up to train to become a lion tamer.

Then there are the emotional dangers, the fear of being made to look foolish, the things that stop us doing many things.

The longer we sit and think, the longer we have to compile the list of excuses, and we’re super good at this, left long enough, we’ll come up with a gem of an iron proof get out.

The only ideal time to do something is as soon as possible, and if it is important, as in going to make a difference to your life and of others, then now is the ideal time.

This is because, if we think too much about anything, which always happens with the more important things, we’ll excuse ourselves from showing up.

Night pictures

Posted on by philipdodson

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So on Saturday, here in Fuerteventura, as part of the Copass Camp that I’m on, there is a photography class, run by Stefano.

I knew that the class was running but I decided not to join, much as I have always wanted to learn more about photography. However, I did decide to pack my Canon 400D camera, which since I bought it about 6 years or so ago, has only ever taken pictures on the automatic setting.

I looked at all the dials, menus and other settings, and opted for the safety of the automatic picture.

The camera took decent pictures and like many of us, once smart phone cameras became good, I switched to taking selfies on my iPhone and the Canon stayed mainly in the draw.

So I was determined during this camp to take a few pictures. So on Saturday, I got the camera out and Eric started to show me what the various dials and settings did. Wow, we opened up a whole new world of photography, I found out there was an aperture and shutter speed, even what ‘ISO’ settings meant.

After dinner, Stefano, Ann, Eric and I went out to the seafront and took some night photos, something I would have never done had I not asked a few questions.

This blog though is not about photography, it is about realising that there are things that we want to do in life, we put them off because we feel we do not have the skills needed. The thing is, a lot of what we do not know in life, can be found out by just asking some questions.

Yet another great day, which would not have been possible without coworking.