communication. it’s something we do every day. it’s something that books have been written about, speakers have spoken on, and relationships can be made or broken by it. communication. it’s complicated.

given the opportunity, i would much rather communicate via an email or text message versus a phone call or face to face meeting. i realize in this industry, that can be a deterrent…not being great in person – rambling accidentally on and on often offering way too much information, saying words out of turn, getting your information jumbled, seeming like a scattered idiot. like i said, communication, it’s complicated. if i could, i would write letters every day with a quill and ink and deliver it via pigeons, the pony express or even an old bottle a cork and an ocean. there’s just something about writing that i prefer. maybe it’s the way i can order my thoughts…thoughts that usual race so fast it’s hard to verbalize them all in the correct order with the correct importance values applied. it’s difficult. and while every day i try to become better at communicating verbally, i’d rather write.

this year, one of the things i promised myself was that i would write more. i removed the pressure of blogging so often from 4 to 5 times a week down to 2 to 3 times a week. also, i removed the requirement that nearly every post have a photo. this is a photography business, yes, but it’s also me, it’s my blog, its a reflection of me and i enjoy writing and sharing…with or without a photo. i also started two other blogs on tumblr solely for the purpose of writing without guilt and without approval. it’s been a strange adjustment, not opening this blog every day and trying to write something of importance or something quirky. yet by doing that, i’ve noticed a change in my content. it’s freer {weird word}, it’s better {in my opinion}, and it’s more…well, it’s more me.

so, a question: what gets in the way of your communication and what are you willing to do to change it?

dwell in possibility…