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posted on 11th of november, 2011

Howdy, my fellow dreamstimers!
It's almost a year since I wrote my last blog article: Milestones in action. Since that, it was read over 1000 times. I hope it helped someone because after publishing that article I didn't follow my own advice.
I didn't set up any goal, and my "dreamstiming" was distracted by ordinary every day private and business events. I didn't upload any additional image, and my account was "frozen" at 103 images online, the same number as it was at the time of writing Milestones in action.
However, even I was just checking my account from here and there; some numbers changed over time, without my participation. A year ago I was having 103 images, 98 downloads and about $100 on...

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Comments (8)

	Posted by Heathse on November 15, 2011 Hi Alex! With your line of work and those clever images I expect you spend a lot of time at your computer. Croatia is an outstandingly beautiful country, why not get out there and shoot some of that scenery! (just a suggestion)
	Posted by Gmargittai on November 14, 2011 Hey Alex, Don't be too hard on yourself. This is not your main line of business. You don't need to make a plan and meet it. The landlord will not evict you if you do not upload. That's the beauty of a hobby. You do it when you feel like it and when you don't you don't. There are month when I upload 10-20 images or more, there are month when I do zero. Now I am more into tennis. But soon enough (I can feel it already) I will have a few more. I think we are really fortunate to have this DT as a venue to channel our creativity in this domain, even if not a full time fully committed. Just enjoy.
	Posted by smartview27 on November 14, 2011 A larger piece , please.