Well Savor Project didn’t go marvelously in 2013.
It started out well enough and I will say that I liked the single-page, 9-pocket option much better than the double 12×12 I used last year. But I noticed that I journaled a lot less, the journaling wasn’t meaningful and it became this project of printing photos. I don’t usually feel a need to print photos so it felt more like a burden than joy. It felt frustrating and chore-ish. I switched to digital about halfway through the year and that was easier but I am not sure it was any more meaningful so I ended the year with mixed feelings.
And they are still with me.
I am still grateful to have done all that I did and I am not ready to give up on the project in any way. But I know that I will be changing it for next year.
Here’s what’s on my mind for now:
- It will be fully digital
- This will mean I have to find some solution for ephemera
- I will journal more, and more meaningfully
- I will have to figure out what made it burdensome (and not as meaningful) this year so I can not do it.
- Whatever solution I have will not require that each week be present so there will be no pressure
I will sit on this a bit more and then share with you my plans for 2014. As with 2013, we’ll consider it an experiment and see if it works and adjust and alter accordingly.
If you’re doing Project Life and have some tips or ideas you want to share, I would love that.
I know some people have gone to making blurb books instead- all digital with photos and then going back and hand writing in journaling on top of the photos. I think you can add in ephemera that way too or take a picture of your ephemera if it is too bulky. I have been doing Project Life using 2 binders per year with the Design A pages. If I have more photos I want to include I use either 6 pocket or 12 pocket pages and add them into the appropriate week. I spend about an hour a week doing my journaling on the cards and then get the prints made at Costco to put in the pockets. I do like the feeling of being caught up on my scrapbooking as I am never more than a week or 10 days behind with my journaling. I keep a written daily journal so I always know what happened what day and spend 15-20 minutes at the end of every day doing that. Good luck finding what works for you.
Aloha, Kate
thank you. i actually decided to do exactly what you suggested. i will be doing a blurb book for 2014. we’ll see if that works better 🙂
Hi, i feel sometimes it’s a chore too, so I’ve been changing and adapting for 3 years. This will be my fourth.
This year, what worked (and I’m sharing it with you since I think it can be something you can try) is that it is not weekly, but monthly. I jot down daily my thoughts and our schedule or how the day went and print them by the end of the month with the pictures I think illustrate them.
And with pictures, I print most of them in mosaic style, and individually in 3×4 whichever I like most. I try to use my project life album as a catalogue of the pictures I might use for scrapbooking or other projects.
These couple of things have made the whole project less stressful for me. Keeping my thoughs daily on my iPhone and taking pictures in my usual way is the foundation. I print and assemble everything when I’m ready. So I might be “behind” for months, but don’t feel like it.