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While I'm Waiting For My Camera Charger

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I accidentally left my camera charger and extra battery at my sister's house in Charlotte which is delaying my Project Life post for this week. The battery in my camera is completely dead and the charger is on it's way across the country.

I'm forging ahead with documenting this week and getting the stuff from the last week into the album.

One idea I wanted to share with you - and what I'm doing in my book for this week - is an "all stuff" week without photos. So far I've added the things you see in my iPhone photo above: beer packaging cut to size, part of an Amazon receipt, part of a box of tea, and a post-office tracking ticket. I'm thinking I'll add some journaling - not sure just yet.

Anybody want to play along this week or next?

And here's a question I got from a reader this past week about Project Life and my other albums:

Q from ANJA | How do you decide which layouts come into the Project Life album and which ones will make it to the other albums? Or do you put all your layouts into PL while you're doing this project? And are you doing layouts also for your other albums while PL? If so which ones?

AE | When I first started Project Life earlier this year I thought that I might just put any additional layouts into the album along with the divided page protectors. So far this year I've done six layouts. One or two have gone into my Project Life book and the others are in a 2011 12x12 album.

So far for 2009 and 2010 I have just one 12x12 album per year (these include layouts about Simon, Anna, and our family). I have separate albums for myself, for Chris, and for stories from my childhood (some layouts that I did in 2009 and 2010 went into those albums). I say "so far" for 2009 and 2010 because there are still stories I'd like to tell. You can read more about my adventures in album organization in that project category archive here.

One of the goals I have for myself is to not get too caught up in all the logistics. It can get crazy overwhelming if you try to have it all figured out before starting. I try to go with what seems to make the most sense at the time and focus more on getting the stories told (also known as just doing something other than over-thinking it all). It's often those logistics that become a stumbling block to getting any stories told.

As for choosing which stories go into Project Life vs. my 2011 album, again, I'm really flexible. I'm trying to keep Project Life simple and doable. When I've got a longer story to tell there have been weeks when I've included that in Project Life (Week Four is a good example) and other times that I've decided to make a "regular" layout like this one. My perspective is that they are all part of my overall body of memory keeping work.

If Project Life feels good to you - do it! If making traditional or digital layouts feel good - make those! If they both feel good then by all means do a combo of both. Maybe you want to add in minibooks and digital books and home decor and, and, and, and... There's so many memory keeping options for getting your stories told in a meaningful, creative, fun way.

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