I try to learn from the past but I plan for the future by focusing exclusively on the present. That's were the fun is.
If you're interested in 'balancing' work and pleasure stop trying to balance...
I always felt like my future was at stake every time I stepped on stage and...
Sometimes they are a matter of luck the photographer could not expect or hope for them. Sometimes they are a matter of patience waiting for an effect to be repeated that he has seen and lost or for one that he anticipates.