Burnout effect

[Erik Olson <erik@thekrib.com>]

On Mon, 29 Mar 1999, Neil Frank wrote:

> Maybe you can call it "burn out," but once I got out of the routine of
> putting out the newletter every 2 months like clockwork, I find it
> difficult to motivate myself to get down to business. 
...
> For
> example, I got a photoCD from Erik Olson from which to pick the next cover
> picture for TAG, but I have not had time to do this. I could ask Eric to
> help.... but he is in the Amazon with Karen.

We're back now. :)

I just got our slides back, and we have lots of good plant shots (mostly
floating species of Ludwigia, bladderwort, Eichornia, pistia, etc.  some
flowers.).  I suspect there will be much article fodder, perhaps enough
for an entire issue of TAG between Karen, Dave, Olga and myself (my wife
will probably get hijacked by the Apistogramma Study Group for an article
there).  There is, for example, enough material for a big article just on
getting plants through customs into the US!

Neil, you are totally right about the burnout problem.  I am having the
same symptoms for editing our local club's paper, and I've only been doing
it for 3 years!  Today I should be getting the current month's newsletter
to the printers, but our fish cooler is still sitting in the middle of the
living room, I'm dead tired, and I'd far rather start looking at the 6
hours of video I shot on the trip.

I would be glad to help massage any graphics into publication form.  And
if it helps, I can also add some sort of disclaimer on the web site
telling folks when the last TAG hit the mail and to chill out if they've
sent in their registration after that date.

  - Erik

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Erik Olson
erik at thekrib dot com