Lack of 'recul'

In some ways I suck as a blogger, for the same reason I suck as a photographer. I'm not referring to my lack of technical know-how, but about the hard time I have stepping out of the moment to be an observer. I could be at a parade, and the floats could be vivid and picturesque, and the atmosphere palpable and it could be a people-watching paradise, but I'll probably end up opting to leave my camera in my bag and keep enjoying the show. And sometimes later I'll regret not having any photos of the moment. But sometimes I'll be content to have absorbed the moment into my memory.

And it can be the same with a blog. When life's full and fun, sometimes it can seem like if you sit down and write about it, you'll miss out on something. Which is why I have a huge list of draft entries from the last month that will soon be filled out with the details on my birthday, Christmas and New Year's, and my recent trips to Madrid and Barcelona. Now that life's slowed back down into the ease of routine, there's lots of time for a little stepping out of frame.