I am leaving the 365 project for a variety of reasons but mainly in order to get my life back. It is taking up too much of my time. I need to regain control.
I feel l have lost my direction with this.
Too much of my time is taken up with being on the internet, especially this project.
I have really enjoyed myself, on the whole, and have learnt a lot.I love my photography and will continue to pursue my hobby and l might even get my macro lens one day!
I will refrain from getting too personal on here but suffice to say my life is too short to be arguing on here. This is a photography site but l feel there is an element that use it to boost their own egos. I have become involved in a few discussions and to my cost. Yesterday's was the last straw.
I have some big challenges ahead of me too and my time must be focused on this.
Thank you for making it fun, especially to Clarissa, Helene and Snowy and a few others. It has been a real pleasure in getting to know you all. If you don't mind l will drop by from time to time.
I will continue to write on my blog www.compostandcarrots.co.uk for those of you that wish to follow me.
Sorry to see you go Trevor, but fully understand how much time this project can take from your life. I have enjoyed your photographs and will miss your photos! God Bless You!
Sad to see you go Trevor as I enjoyed seeing photos from your part of the world and I will definately have a look at your blog. Know what you mean about this site being able to take up too much of your time and I think that is one of the reasons that I don't write alot of comments, as I don't have the time.
Had to chuckle about your comment about egos, I think you hit the nail on the head.
So again thank you for showing us, what looks to be, a lovely part of France
I hear you Trevor with the time factor ... I'm getting too consumed by it instead of doing other things, not good ... Go well and thanks for sharing your images, thoughts and perspective.
I'll miss your posts too. If you feel this is taking too much time away from more important things in you life, then it is. LIfe if much too short. I wish you well in your life.
good luck with your endeavors! i hope you will drop by from time to time, and maybe some day you will have a bit of time and come back. we will be here :)
I'm sorry you have to go. I can understand about the time consuming part of it, I sometimes find it a bit overwhelming. I missed any drama that happened, but I'm sad that you had some bad encounters. I hope everything works out for you.
I must admit it does take up alot of my time too, but no one ever said it would be easy lol. I guess when I took this one I made a committment to myself and the project and I have days where I feel like stopping too. But I just move forward one day at a time. I don't know what you mean by arguing - I must have missed something. I hope you reconsider or maybe resume your project at a later time?
I will miss your pictures and how we had fun Trevor but I will see you on your blog. I don't know it but the green gardener that I am is already enjoying it! Bises Trevor
I agree that this site definitely becomes addictive, but as to Trevor's other concern about the destructive egos of some members, I must confess I have only "met" supportive and encouraging folks on 365. In fact I feel that many members have been helped through despair and sadness by the comfort of their friends here.
Allison, I must have slept through any drama too. I always consider my contacts to be like a second Family, so much more helpful and no fould language and so much care on this site, I considering leaving fb because it is wallowing in the gutter most of the time.
Sorry you feel you have to go Trevor, but then that is what life is all about isn't it, facing the challenges that life throws our way. Have a
wonderful future whatever you decide to do. If I can find a moment I may pop by but then I may be one of your problems. My DH has just been
found to have DVT so may not feel like popping up anywhere even here, but it's from below his right knee all the way up and he is now under day visits from the Calvary @ Home Nurses. Just had one funeral last week before this happened, and now one on Mon 16th and a darling 83 Aunt diagonised with Malignant tumor between the Pancreas and Liver, but she is so positive and said I have my case packed if HE calls me home I am ready. Surgery is next Monday the day of no2 Funeral. But hey who isn't depressed these days hay?
All the very best wishes Trevor.
Firstly, l must say a huge thank you to everyone's kind wishes and sentiments. I knew there were some special people on here but l had no idea just how many!
I had no intention of replying quite so soon but some of your remarks require a further explanation. I was, and have been, involved in adding my comments in the General discussions section, amongst others the thread 'Slow posting' by digtairn.
I, and over 30 others, were adding our comments re. the frustrations we were having over how slow this site had become and could Ross address the issue. Some of us were actually thinking it was their computers that were at fault. My remarks, however, were obviously annoying a certain individual who proceeded to send several very personal and spiteful replies, some of which she later removed, but not before l had replied to some of them. In fact, she sent another to me last night and subsequently later removed and l quote:
'You're a grown man, surely you dont let something like a minor argument cloud your judgement?......Still, you havent seemed happy here for a while, always wanting things different, be it voting, people's manipulated images and saying people had ego trips because they post images that arent always a day to day thing.'
So in reply...l find it a bit spooky that she has remembered all my previous comments and l am certainly not leaving due to a little fracas on here! But l soon realised that l didn't need to be verbally insulted on here either. I have always been outspoken and have tried to stand up for what l truly believe in but that doesn't make me unhappy! These were my thoughts and ideas of which some of you agreed and some, quite obviously, didn't!
I have said in previous threads that l relish having freedom of speech, as far as l know, this site isn't monitored for abusive behaviour, as, on the whole, there isn't any. We are all entitled to express our thoughts on here, the same as everywhere else, without others trying to keep you quiet because they don't agree with you.
I also realised that she was not the person l thought she was. I had been led to build up a picture in my minds eye of what this person was like, no photo l may add, and she had shattered it. That was a wake up call. This is cyber-land not real life and l need to get back to it. In real life, these issues could have been addressed very quickly and diffused much easier by talking face to face.
I also realised l was spending too much time on here. It was taking over my life. I needed to regain control. As l said, we have some huge challenges in front of us, and my time and energies must be focused on them. Its a busy period coming up but l hope to re-join at a later date as the vast majority of you are such wonderful people and this is a great site, albeit, addictive!
Thank you again for all your kind words, keep up with the amazing photography and above all, have fun!!
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Had to chuckle about your comment about egos, I think you hit the nail on the head.
So again thank you for showing us, what looks to be, a lovely part of France
Best wishes. (I do understand also...I may give up Farmville on Facebook because it takes up even more time than this!)
Sorry you feel you have to go Trevor, but then that is what life is all about isn't it, facing the challenges that life throws our way. Have a
wonderful future whatever you decide to do. If I can find a moment I may pop by but then I may be one of your problems. My DH has just been
found to have DVT so may not feel like popping up anywhere even here, but it's from below his right knee all the way up and he is now under day visits from the Calvary @ Home Nurses. Just had one funeral last week before this happened, and now one on Mon 16th and a darling 83 Aunt diagonised with Malignant tumor between the Pancreas and Liver, but she is so positive and said I have my case packed if HE calls me home I am ready. Surgery is next Monday the day of no2 Funeral. But hey who isn't depressed these days hay?
All the very best wishes Trevor.
I had no intention of replying quite so soon but some of your remarks require a further explanation. I was, and have been, involved in adding my comments in the General discussions section, amongst others the thread 'Slow posting' by digtairn.
I, and over 30 others, were adding our comments re. the frustrations we were having over how slow this site had become and could Ross address the issue. Some of us were actually thinking it was their computers that were at fault. My remarks, however, were obviously annoying a certain individual who proceeded to send several very personal and spiteful replies, some of which she later removed, but not before l had replied to some of them. In fact, she sent another to me last night and subsequently later removed and l quote:
'You're a grown man, surely you dont let something like a minor argument cloud your judgement?......Still, you havent seemed happy here for a while, always wanting things different, be it voting, people's manipulated images and saying people had ego trips because they post images that arent always a day to day thing.'
So in reply...l find it a bit spooky that she has remembered all my previous comments and l am certainly not leaving due to a little fracas on here! But l soon realised that l didn't need to be verbally insulted on here either. I have always been outspoken and have tried to stand up for what l truly believe in but that doesn't make me unhappy! These were my thoughts and ideas of which some of you agreed and some, quite obviously, didn't!
I have said in previous threads that l relish having freedom of speech, as far as l know, this site isn't monitored for abusive behaviour, as, on the whole, there isn't any. We are all entitled to express our thoughts on here, the same as everywhere else, without others trying to keep you quiet because they don't agree with you.
I also realised that she was not the person l thought she was. I had been led to build up a picture in my minds eye of what this person was like, no photo l may add, and she had shattered it. That was a wake up call. This is cyber-land not real life and l need to get back to it. In real life, these issues could have been addressed very quickly and diffused much easier by talking face to face.
I also realised l was spending too much time on here. It was taking over my life. I needed to regain control. As l said, we have some huge challenges in front of us, and my time and energies must be focused on them. Its a busy period coming up but l hope to re-join at a later date as the vast majority of you are such wonderful people and this is a great site, albeit, addictive!
Thank you again for all your kind words, keep up with the amazing photography and above all, have fun!!