{"id":797,"date":"2010-01-17T06:42:21","date_gmt":"2010-01-17T06:42:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/?p=797"},"modified":"2010-04-18T18:59:16","modified_gmt":"2010-04-19T01:59:16","slug":"being-productive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/?p=797","title":{"rendered":"Being Productive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A friend recently asked me where I get all my images from.\u00a0 My reply was that I almost always have a camera with me.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve been known to turn around and go back home to get one if I find myself so impoverished.\u00a0 Today I didn&#8217;t get out of the driveway before going back inside to grab my older DLSR, and I was only going to get our Christmas tree chipped.\u00a0 I certainly believe that this compulsion is a gift of my upbringing, where if I was found to be bored or without an activity it was strongly suggested that I\u00a0 &#8220;do something constructive&#8221;.\u00a0 I&#8217;m not 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