February 9
Photos – What’s The Point
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I never pictured that I would accomplish the goal of having my photos organized. It always seemed like such a huge and impossible task. One of the Daily Inspiration quotes I recently featured was from Ben Stein who said, “The indispensable first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: decide what you want.” I realized that was key to me resolving my photo hoard. What do I want from my photos? I thought long and hard and here’s what I want:
I want to live with my photo memories. I want my photos to be a joy in my life, not a weighty impossible task or a confusing hidden hoard. Here’s how I’ll accomplish this:
1. I want pictures in every room.
2. I want an album of “the most important pictures of my life.” If I could only leave my daughter one album, with a reasonable amount of pictures that summed up her mother’s life, what would that be.
3. I want an album or collection that gives my daughter a sense of family history.
4. I want a collection of photos that are easily accessible for conversations with friends…fun snapshots of life.
5. I want to preserve photos that don’t have a particularly strong meaning for me in case they’re wanted in the future. I want to do this digitally so I don’t have to live with the clutter of the actual photos.
I think these decisions will make things easier. Let’s see.
Daily Inspiration
Every man’s memory is his private literature.
Aldous Huxley
I need to take a page from your book! I have a basket of photos upstairs that is begging to be organized.
What a great way to divide up your photos! I am going to use these ideas to group mine. Thanks!
That’s a project that we need to tackle and I think you just made the job a lot simpler.
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Congrats to you !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You have done what we all want to do!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Now to find the time!!!!! Thanks!!!!
Great idea!
Dachshund Nola
I love the sound of number 2 and 3 particularly. Great ideas!
Lovely idea! see your almost ready to become a scrapper! well done you.