One other thing that I try to do is pick a subject. Keep working with that theme and learn the different ways that each shot turns out and why. When I was just getting back into it I was taking a photo of this and that and everything,and could not get a grip on the settings. For instance I did ducks ducks and more ducks. Then boats.Landscapes too even. You will get good at one thing and perfect it. That is then when to go try something new. Works for me.

"The happiness of a man in this life does not consist in the absence but in the mastery of his passions."