There are always new things you can learn, or in most cases, we learn variations of what we already know, but we have fallen behind in our knowledge. I feel that with photography a lot of times, there is so much to learn and even then, one has to wonder whether or not to learn it, because there are many different formats to pursue and then technology moves at a rapid pace and makes what you know somewhat obsolete. Do I pursue film photography, or do I continue to pursue smartphone photography because technology has closed that gap. Traditional photography as we understand it still has many uses, and good glass will always be a useful tool, whatever the body. Because there is so much to learn, we always need to make a choice about what to learn and that’s what I struggle with these days. I am paralysed by forecasting and research, because a lack of that was the mistake I made in the past. I am so much more aware of how important it is to decide what skills to learn and I spend almost as much time researching whether or not to pursue a path than pursuing it. I’m still experimenting, looking at metrics to see which of my content is performing better. I know it’s probably not the best way to judge, but I’ve made the mistake in the past of not forecasting whether a skill is useful before jumping in. I went into the construction industry which was not the right decision for me. Now I’m actively picking up skills for a marketing career. It’s the reason why I’m experimenting with TikTok, because I have fallen so far behind on the YouTube that I don’t know if it’s worth pursuing anymore. I am aware that I should just pick something that I enjoy and just make content that I am both somewhat good at producing and passionate enough about that I don’t mind not having an audience. That’s all well and good, but doing something without an audience when you could pursue a variation with a greater audience is not the best choice. The way I see it, there’s balance between being niche enough to have a target audience, and being too niche. Being a vegan chef is a great place to be, being an expert at making gluten free bread is not. There are exceptions, I know; many things don’t work on paper - like Billie Eilish, yet they do. If I could find a variation of what I want to pursue that has large target audience, I will move in that direction. So far, I’m still experimenting.