Photography and life have a lot of similarities. For example, planning. With photography, you don't generally walk around pointing your camera randomly and pushing the button. You have a general idea of what you want to be within the confines of your image. Same thing with life.

Wait, wait, stick with me.

In life, you don't usually wake up and start running around haphazardly making random motions, speaking to random people, darting off in different directions, pouring coffee on the floor, putting the cat in the refrigerator. . . see what I mean? You usually have a purpose. That's your daily topic, or at least one of them.

See? You have to have a plan. Photography: You know you want to take a picture and you know what you want the subject of your picture to be. Life: You know what you want to accomplish on any given day and you may even have a general idea of what you have to do to make it happen. If you are are anything like me, those things don't magically align. Your family photo suddenly includes an extra child that chooses to scream over smiling or a dog that isn't used to sitting still for more than three seconds. In life you may have a beginning and a desired result, but you get a flat tire, you forget your ID to sign in to work, or the school calls because your child gets sick. You still know what you want your picture to look like. You know where to start and where you want it to end, but you have to change gears . . . think on your feet . . . to adjust and flow.