Rolled past 100 rolls developed and I stopped caring about the count

I hit 100 rolls of film developed at home about two months ago, which sounds like a milestone you'd celebrate. But honestly, it just made me realize I was keeping count for the wrong reasons. I used to track every roll in a spreadsheet, noting the film stock, developer, and time like it mattered. Then I got to 100 and thought, what did that number actually prove? I've still got plenty of rolls that came out blank or underexposed, including three from a trip to Portland last spring that I messed up in the tank. The ones that worked didn't depend on my count, they depended on me paying attention to temperature and agitation. Now I just write the date on the canister lid with a sharpie and move on. Has anyone else hit a number like this and realized it was just a number, not a skill level?

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grant.margaret18d ago

That counting thing is just how we trick ourselves into feeling productive, like steps on a phone.