I shouldn't worry, Nathan; John has a little carmudgeonly turn every
now and again.
I too have wondered at the number of photos you take, but I had
rationalised it that you carried a camera for a lot more time than
others do (including me).
I work around 8 hr a day, 5 days a week, but it varies with the
workload and the weather. If the weather's bad I work less because I
cannot fly, but I will compensate by doing website work at home (the
computers at work are ghastly and Winders). My commute is about
40mins each way, but no sea or outside bars or cafés ;-).
But I have (ground) jobs to do and they have to be done whether there
is time in the day or not. Indeed, last weekend I did around 5 hours
on a day off because it had to be done.
Chris
On 2 May 2009, at 07:07, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
> John, to me photography is a very important part of my life, and I
> posted weekly pictures and occasional galleries also when I lived in
> the Netherlands prior to moving to Spain in the fall of 2007. Back
> then, I was also gone 12 hours each day, but I still found time to
> take pictures and post them. Yes, now I work in the public sector (an
> EU agency) but my working day is roughly the same as it was in the
> private sector before, 8-9 hours. The difference is that I have traded
> a 120 km commute on a crowded motorway which took 1.5-2 hours each way
> for a pleasant 20-minutes drive along the Mediterranean. So the time
> spent working is the same, the time wasted on commuting is 3 hours
> less each day. That has done wonders for my energy levels after coming
> home from work.
>
> Do not assume that everyone who posts a lot has a cushy job with a 6-
> hour day. It is all a matter of priorities.
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