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What I choose is my choice…

I officially have 26 minutes to come up with a blog post worth posting.  Remember, I said no fluff posts, right?  I didn’t post yesterday (stay tuned for a guest post :)).  My sister was in town and we went to a beer festival and just spent some time together…but she went home today and there’s no excuse for me not to write.  But here I am at 11:34 thinking about how sometimes it feels like you have nothing to say.  I’ve got a whole list of blog post ideas.  “Important” things to tell you, images to share, ideas to put out into the world…but sometimes nothing seems worthy of the time and space it takes up in someone’s life.

We are constantly surrounded by input (as I’ve mentioned in previous posts).  Facebook, Twitter, blogs, emails, books, commercials, music, tv, billboards, pop up ads, junk mail, it never stops.  The things we choose to put our time into need to have function in our lives.  Meaning.  I choose to keep up with Facebook for a few reasons:  I’m totally social and can’t imagine “missing something” by not being interactive on the biggest social networking site.  I also think Facebook is made for photographers.  It is the perfect way to share our work with clients and their friends and family.  It serves so many purposes.  It also wastes hours of my life.  Each input I choose is for a reason.  Whether the reason is social, business oriented, or emotional, each of my inputs is tied in tight to what is important to me.   Some inputs are actually important, while others are tied to unhealthy habits.  (Do I really need to play my games of Draw Something before I get out of bed in the morning?)

I know I’m rambling.  My point is this:  choose your inputs wisely.  There are only so many years in our lives, days in our years, hours in our days.  We only get so much time and we only get to choose once how we want to use it.  And if you’re not sure if something is worth your time, seriously consider it.  I have made a choice in the last several months to cut the things that aren’t so important. My tv input is down a million percent if there is such a thing.  I read more.  I listen to good music and read inspiring blogs.  My magazines are sitting in a giant stack next to the couch waiting to be read.  I’m focusing in on the things that have value in my life.

And if you spend five minutes of your day reading my blog posts, I thank you for your attention.  I know you have the choice to be here or not.  I value you and your readership.  Thank you for being here.  I want this blog to be an interaction.  Yes, I’m talking to you, but it’s not a one way road.  Comment, email me.  Keep the conversation going.  Because as important as choosing your input is balancing your output.  And for me, this output is only worth it if it’s meaningful to someone else too.

I’ve made it with 3 minutes to spare.  A blog post I can get behind.  Input.  Output.  Make your choices for a reason.  Until tomorrow…

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