2009 Projects – Project 1 – A Year of Catalysts

2009 Promises to be a busy year for me. I have long list of important
deliverables at work in the first three months of the year. And then our
little baby is due on the fourth month of the year which, I am sure,
will make the next few months a blur. Not to mention a possible move.
Knowing all this, I don’t want to make too many commitments for myself
for next year because I hate letting myself down and I don’t want to set
myself up to fail. Also because 2009 is the year I am cutting myself
some slack (more on this later).

But, of course, if I didn’t set a few goals, I wouldn’t be me. So over
the next few days I’ll be thinking of and committing to these goals. On
the scrapping side, I am thrilled to have come up with a project that
combines a few of my goals:

1. I loved doing the December Daily
album this year. The restrictions of the precut pages was liberating and
gave me more creativity. But I knew there’s no way I could do it all
year round and I’ve been searching for a way to continue the magic.

2. I wanted to use up some of my paper stash that’s been building. I
have a lot of “old” paper I love and I don’t want to keep buying and
never use these.

3. Like 2008, I wanted to make sure I do each week’s creative therapy prompt.
The other artists do them on a schedule but I’ve done every single one
so far and I really wanted to find a way to continue that in 2009. I
love the therapeutic aspect of CT but the pregnancy took away all my
mojo and between that and the baby, I was worried there was no way I was
going to get to them all. I needed a simpler solution.

So today, I decided to combine all three. I made a 7×8 minibook that is
prefilled with a lot of the “old” papers I love. Cut and placed in
random order. This is my 2009 Creative Therapy book. Each page will be
one catalyst. I’ll do the catalyst on one side and print out the date,
topic, and my thoughts that go on the site to adhere on the other side.
This restricts me to a 7×8 page and pre-chosen paper.

I know it’s working because I’ve already completed four catalysts
today! This might mean my pages aren’t as varied next year but I am ok
with that and I reserve the right to change my mind. So far so good.
Here’s a glimpse at my book: