recharge batteries

Tried to enter a competition set by the Independent (How do you recharge your batteries?) but couldn't register properly as my login name was used already (by me!) Though in truth it may not have mattered as the minimum jpeg size was 8mb and the most I could manage in raw was 7.7mb. So I didn't meet their criteria anyway. The photo I chose, here, wasn't really all that great an idea, but the important thing was that I set out to take it. There's a number of competitions about and I think I really need to start trying to concentrate on entering a few more and take them seriously, having a think about what I want to take and leaving the submission of it to the last minute. Taking my time in other words. Digital Camera have a photographer of the year competition which I should really try and enter,