Log Your Memory to later JOG your memory!
As you might guess, I’m generally a pretty organized person. There is a job chart on the fridge outlining what we expect of our older kids each week, complete with standards and consequences for failing to comply. The family gift exchange chart we circulate each December is of my making, as well as the address… read more »
Like many scrapbookers, my approach to memory keeping has changed several times over the years depending upon my current interests, access to resources and availability of time to spend on the activity. When I first started getting serious about digital scrapbooking, I was all about the 12×12 layout and it was not uncommon for me… read more »
Try to get closer to finishing what I started… Make some tough choices… Finalize next year’s Weekly Challenges… And spend some time with these little people in the absence of the hunting fanatics in the family… How about you? What’s on tap for your holiday weekend?
Is there something you’d like to try… but you don’t because of fear? Perhaps it’s fear of looking silly or feeling stupid or not knowing how… or simply just fear of failure. You might be surprised to find out that I am very much an introverted hermit at heart. Without some kind of external motivation… read more »
If you’ve ever struggled with scrapbooker’s guilt … you know, that “I SHOULD be more organized and I SHOULD be scrapbooking more and I SHOULD journal more and I SHOULD be better about logging my memories and the big one… I’ll NEVER get caught up…“, then I hope you’ll feel some relief when you come… read more »
Have you ever felt guilty about all of those memories you intend to scrap but never get around to actually doing? Do you sometimes feel your life is just whizzing by as you struggle just to keep up? Do you sometimes find yourself going through the motions without ever really taking time to stop and… read more »
Have you ever scrapped a great memory … and then looked at the layout a few years later and been less than thrilled with the result? Check out one of my early Valentine’s Day layouts and share your own thoughts on the topic…
It doesn’t bother me too much that DVDs and streaming video have taken away the need to catch a favorite holiday movie on the night it airs on TV. Nor do I mind that I can listen to a favorite carol any time I like thanks to the magic of iTunes and mp3 players. But the one thing I definitely would miss if it were to be displaced entirely by modern technology would be the holiday ritual of sifting through a nice big stack of catalogs.
It’s hard to believe, but it’s already been 3 ½ years since I first launched Log Your Memory… and nearly four years since that first a-ha moment when the idea for the business started to take shape in my brain. During that time, I’ve published four annual Memory Logbooks in multiple variations and formats, three… read more »