Best laid plans

I begin this long overdue post with a quote from my previous post (we won't focus on how long ago that was): "On reflection, the answer, for me, is to both engage with social media and disengage from the noise that comes with it. Hopefully I will find a path to follow in the coming year, that works well for me, and even, maybe, produce a couple of images that do qualify as "best" in the process."…
Clearly, the disengage part has been a larger part of the process over the last two months, partly because my focus has been on helping my daughter through a tough transition period, partly because I've hit the photographic equivalent of writer's block.  Having set myself a task I have summarily failed to deliver on it, which is, lets's be frank, a bit rubbish. Yes, I've taken photos - and even made a few I can live with - but I'm still in the process of finding a path forward. As a photographer who is drawn to street photography, documentary photography, and environmental portraiture, I increasingly feel compelled to tell a story through my work. Equally, I find myself increasingly drawn to developing two very different shooting and post-production techniques, which contrast and almost contradict. I'm trying to work out whether I should only focus on one, or continue to develop both alongside one another. Will this lead to a sort of photographic schizophrenia, or will it enable me to tell more than one story (almost) simultaneously? 
Although I don't have an answer to this question, I do know that I should have a long-term project in mind, as well as a clear voice that will tell a story through my images (preferably in a way that engages the viewer). I've even got as far as establishing the best way - for me - for achieving these two objectives, although I will have to wait for the tide to turn before I can get on with the plans I have in mind. The only challenge is how best to deal with my inner troll, and the little issue of catching the tide at the right moment. 

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