{a hidden character flaw}

or, at least I try my best to keep it hidden.

 

Competitiveness.

 

And, we're not talking about the good kind of competitiveness.

 

But, the ugly and all-consuming.

 

This post is about Martha Stewart organizing gone mad. 

 

That going mad would be me.

 

I have been taking a great little class online re: the

business side of photography. AFTER signing up and paying

 my hefty little fee, I learned that it wouldn't be the

typical read and complete assignments only, but, she 

included a team

competition with quite the lovely prize.

 

That is when my madness ensued.  And, as

teams were dropping like flies, we were sailing on.

I would work like crazy meeting all of my assignments.

I actually topped out on all of the scores within my

group every single week and we were neck and

neck for first position overall.

 

The class has covered so much and has honestly been

great!  Just give me a camera and I'm as happy

as can be - the business side, I slack.   I think

it's that right brain v. left brain problem.

 

And, it's a problem.

 

We have touched on defining our photography niche,

learning to say NO, {ha!}, accurately figuring out

how many sessions we should book,  delegating,

staying on top of everything, etc, etc, etc and most of all...LIVING. 

 

This class has had me visiting this little section at

Staples quite often. I seriously

pretty much swoom

every time I'm there.

 

 I was DETERMINED to

score the highest in this little assignment.

 

I was a kid in a candy store.

{except for the candy as I am low-carbing it.

this week}

 

 

 

 

 

Lots of pretties that work quite well too.

 

AND, WHAT HAPPENS in the 5th week of

the competition I mean class??  Well, I got

the flu BUT I had actually completed most

of my assignments before then.   The night

the homework was due I was zipping right along

and realized something was very wrong.

My computer would NOT resize the pictures

I was required to load.  Thus, they would not load. 

 

The entire assignment rested on that.

No matter what I did, it didn't work.  So,

to save my team, I had to pull out.

 

In the whole scheme of things, it wasn't a big

deal.  BUT, I had worked so hard and put

so much thought into each and every assignment. 

 

And, poof!  I was out. 

 

I am quite CERTAIN there is a lesson to be

learned in the midst of this, but, I'm still

feeling sorry for myself at the moment. 

 

So, winner or no winner.

 

My office is quite organized and funcitonal.

 

Which, I guess makes me a winner, huh?