So – the first month. (OK, six weeks)  I’ve been working on starting a number of projects as part of this big “Finger Out” plan. There’s a long way to go yet, and work has also kicked in heavily over January, which has meant I’ve not been able to do as much as I planned to.

However, what I have achieved so far is :

• Started a new online writing project, which will either work out or won’t.
• Started the photography business on a new site, although not done anything with it yet.  It’s been going prior to this on a different site, but I’ve never been overly happy with it, so it’s time to re-do things.
• Written a couple of spec letters for getting some photography projects in order to build up the portfolio
• Started organising myself for the Amateur Photographer “Amateur Photographer of the Year” competition. I’ve done little bits of this before, but again I’m hoping that I can complete the entire thing this year. I don’t expect to win, or even place, but I’m going to at least try.

There’s other stuff coming up too, but things have changed and/or delayed a bit so far this year.  There’ll be more progress updates as we go on, along with anything else I can think of.

Ah, Digit Extractum. What a lovely idea – somewhere to be a repository for me, where I detail my plans for getting my finger out (for, of course, that is what “Digit Extractum” is meant to mean)

I’ve written on a previous site about my five-year plan which I’m currently three years through. But that’s going to migrate over here – or at least the new stuff about it will be done over here, rather than on the main site.

The original five year plan will take me through to 2011, when I turn 40. However, this site’s plan may go on a bit longer, and get me through to 2016. We’ll see what happens in that time.

As it is, a big part of the plan will be to launch a number of websites through Ozbon, my web-design/development company. They’ll be promoted through both Ozbon and here, and we’ll see where things go from there.

There’s going to be a lot of work, and a lot of updating from the 1st January 2010. In the next few days I’ll work out what the hell I’m going to do, and what the plan really is.  When I know, it’ll be written here.