A Day In The Life | Documenting Today
Tags:Happy Wednesday!
Here's my goals for today as I document A Day In The Life:
1. Take a bunch of photos. I feel like I've slacked off a lately. Some of my favorite photos have come from the times when I've been consciously documenting our days (such as during Week In The Life). I'm thinking I'll probably do a combination of iPhone and DSLR with the intent to create a "picture story" (via Henri Cartier-Bresson) of my day. I'm hoping to get some good use out of the wireless remote I recently purchased for my bigger camera.
2. Really capture a written look at the basic everyday details (times, places, events) combined with observations, thoughts and gratitudes of life right now.
I'm planning to add my content to my Project Life album. I created an 8.5x11 layered template for photos that I'm going to pair that with the Daily Sheets (no need to re-write or type all that content over again).
No matter what time you come across this post today (or in the days to come), it's not to late to do this on your own. There's never a perfect day for this project. Maybe you do it for half the day or tomorrow or the next day or next week. You don't have to add it to Project Life. Maybe at the end of the day you look back and see five stories you want to tell. Maybe just one. Maybe you'll create a minibook of your day or a single layout. Or maybe you will post on your blog and capture the content with words and photos online.
Whatever you do, it counts.
I'm doing this today because I need to see, via words and photos, where we are (I am) right now. I need to be reminded of all that is good and loving even in the midst of a major life transition. I've learned over the years that these sorts of projects have a way of bringing that all to the surface and it helps me see the areas I may need/want to make adjustments in daily routines.
Click here to download the A Day In The Life freebie.
To help celebrate today, and encourage you along the way, I designed a digital freebie for you. It includes two PNG files (one 4x6 and one 3x4) and two Silhouette Studio files. For more information on working with digital files check out my links for Getting Started With Digital Scrapbooking.
Have fun today. No rules. No stress.


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going to do this on Saturday, a non work day.....
i think that taking the time to focus on who you love, and capturing the little details thru words and photos is a great reminder to be thankful for all that is well in your life...... thanks for the inspiration.
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Thanks Ali for the print out. It's 4:30am Thursday here in Australia and I'm all done too. Had a fun day just capturing the moment many many many times. Now too just sort them. Cheers again for the inspiration to stop and smell the roses as they say. Xo
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Thank you, you are so generous!
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so all over this today. Just going with my iphone through the day trying to capture the ordinary
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I'm going to do this - maybe next week when we get back to "normal life", haha. Thanks for the freebie!
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Friday is my day. Can't wait. I have camera batteries charging!
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First time doing this for me, and I have LOVED focusing like this today. I do PL also, so I always feel that I have a good focus on the details, but I have already taken about 75 pics today, and am having a great time. So far planning on using Becky's Design F photo organizer for the insert. We'll see...I was at first a bit disappointed b/c my toddler got sick, and it is clear that this will be a stay-at-home, low-key, pajama day, and that didn't seem as interesting, but it totally is. Thanks for the inspiration and the fun of playing along with the rest of you!!!
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Thank you so much for the freebie!!! Awesome!
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Thanks Ali! Love it!
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Thanks for the freebie! I can't wait to see how you put together your day in the album!
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Thank you Ali!!! YOu r wonderful!
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i am having so much fun with this project. it's only 12:07 and i've taken a ton of photos so far. can't wait to see your new product at designer digitals tomorrow so i can start putting this all together. thank you so very much for the free download too.
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Thank you Ali,
You are so motivating to me. I did the july 2011 WITL and gained so much insight and my life is in transition also so it was an immense guide foe me. I still feel that this is an excellent avenue
for me to be grateful as well.
Blessings and hugs,
Sharon Dryjanski Phoenix,,AZ Creative Escape
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Thank you so much for the freebie
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When did my life become so crazy that I couldn't even remember that I had wanted to do this WITH YOU today?
Crazily, I have no worries though... I have some photos from this morning, and there's one or two I can re-create to fill in a blank or two (from my quiet time while kiddo napped).
Ali - know that we al stand behind you during this transition to offer support and virtual hugs. I know I love your outlook on life, and I appreciate how you share so freely. And thank you SO MUCH for reminding us that sometimes taking the time TO document can help us re-evaluate how we are spending our lives.
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Thanks so much Ali,it's gorgeous and just what I needed!! I'm doing my day in the life today, too! Thanks for being such an inspiration and keeping me enthused about documenting our life! You Rock!!
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This is SUCH a GREAT idea. Really truly I too am a very visual person and so actually SEEING the good in your life will surely help! :-) good luck!
p.s. you should check out my ONA camera bag giveaway! I think you would totally love it!
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Hey Ali! Thanks for the freebie! Do you have a video tutorial on how to print PNG as PDF? I want to print this as a 3 X 4 journaling card for PL in PSE but can't figure it out. Can you help me? Thanks again!
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Hi Ali ... this is a GREAT idea and I am also doing it today ... so far here's what I've got
http://carriefer-mylifeonheels.blogspot.com/2012/02/day-in-life-wednesday-february-8-2012.html
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Thanks for your thoughts on "A Day in the Life" and while I did not participate today, I will definitely do so in the future. Thank you as well for the awesome freebie! :)
Have a lovely day!
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