Join In | A Day In The Life + Dates For 2012 Week In The Life
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Anyone want to join me in documenting a day in your life this week?
As I was sitting with Simon at breakfast this morning I was thinking that it's been awhile since I did a full day of documentation. I'm planning to do it this Wednesday, February 8th.
If you'd like to join in all you need to do is wake up on Wednesday (or any day this week) with a commitment to writing down and photographing the course of your day.
To simplify the process you can download my set of my printable Daily Sheets and use whichever day you plan to document.
You can blog about your day, create a layout, add it to your Project Life, etc. I'm thinking I might just include an extra page or two in Project Life.
I'll share my experience, and include a place for you to link to yours, later this week.
WEEK IN THE LIFE 2012
I also wanted to announce that I'll be doing the Week In The Life project again this year from April 23rd through April 29th.
You can take a look at past Week In The Life projects here. More details to come.
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Motivation to get the last remaining pieces of 2011 album stuck down ;) I'm thinking about an all digital book this year - maybe through blurb or something. I really like how Elise Blaha's book came together last year with the Kolo system.
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Yes, yes, yes!!! I can't wait!!
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Can't wait to join you for both! I did Week in the Life for the first time last year and loved it! Thanks so much for your inspiration. Printing off the sheets for sure.
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YES, YES AND YES!!
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Yes !! Following along from India and attempting to do Project Life this year ... so this will be a fun change!
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heck yeah!!!! i will join in!
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I telecommute and only go to my actual office located half the continent away maybe 20 days a year, if that. It so happens that I will be there on Wednesday. It would be a very unique day in my life to capture and one practically no one at home sees. I am in, but will be pure iPhone shots as the big camera isn't making the voyage. What an interesting look at "my" day this will be as usually it is far different that it is on these travel weeks.
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I'm So SAD that my camera lens (18-55mm) is acting up... the auto-focus isn't working at all, the lens makes a strange noise and it doesn't want to snap pictures. Might have to dig out my old camera while I try to figure out what to do with this one. SUCH A SAD, SAD DISCOVERY.... sniff, sniff!
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My lens recently died (same one) too. I took it to a local shop and they sold me a "remanned" one for a very good price, and it works wonderfully. The "remanned" one was actually just one someone traded in when they bought a bigger lens and they tweaked it a bit. Good luck and sorry for your troubles, I've been there.
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Looking at your printed photos today on your blog ...
what kind of printer/program do you use? They are great!
Iam new to this and love your look and ideas.
What good advice can you give me to start.
Thank you...
Jan
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I am in for both!
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How exciting!!! I will be participating in both!! Thank you Ali!
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Question for you: how do you choose your dates? Just curious if you have a particular week/date in mind that you want to feature or if you randomly pick a week/date.
Thanks for encouraging us and reminding us to do this. It's one of my favorite things you do. :)
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The last few years I've done one in April, one in October, one last summer and then decided to do it again for 2012 before summer (summer wasn't my favorite time to document). After deciding on the month I take a look at my calendar and choose a week that "looks typical" - we aren't out of town, etc.
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I'll join in! Looking forward to it!
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it will be my first time....so excited!
Mary
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Count me in! I'll be at work all day though so I'll have to be sneaky with my photo taking. :P
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I'm in Ali. I have the sheets from the last Week in the life. Thanks
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Ooo--can't wait! Spontaneous projects are always good! =)
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I'm in ... new job ... new photography victims..er, subjects! Looking forward to it!
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Count me in! I did Week In The Life last fall for the first time and LOVED it! I can't wait to do it again and in the mean time work on a Day In The Life. Fun!
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Oh, Ali, how perfect! I visit my 89-year-old mom, who lives 110 miles away, at least once a month and I'll be there this Wednesday. I take Mom grocery shopping, out to lunch, and just get her out of her house for a bit. Then I change her sheets, do her laundry, vacuum, wash floors, dust, scour bathrooms, etc., and I'm so busy when I'm there that I never even think about documenting our time together. Shame on me! Heaven only knows how many more of these mother-daughter 'overnights' we'll be able to share.
This time I will wear my camera around my neck and click away! I'm so excited about documenting some of our conversations, too. I know I will be creating what will become very treasured memories.
Thanks so very much, Ali. :-)
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I love that your day will be all about what you do with your Mom at this point in time. Awesome.
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