Day In The Life™ 2026 | Ali's Project
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Alongside many of you, I documented a Day In The Life™ a couple weeks back on April 2, 2026.
I've done this project many, many times over the years and most of the time my day has been pretty "normal" (which is all relative as we each know from our own life experiences). The stories I've captured over the years have shown peeks into my daily routines and rhythms during each of the various seasons of my life.
This year my day was anything but ordinary as my sister and I were in the middle of moving and caring for our parents who now both have dementia and are unable to live on their own any longer.
As I spent time reviewing/printing the photos and jotting down some facts + feelings, I kept feeling really thankful that I took the time on this particular day to snap photos. It's not always top of mind to document the harder seasons but it's something I've learned over all these years of memory keeping: it's always worth it. These photos mark a very specific moment in time and are helping me begin to process pieces of this experience.
You can see how I set up my design foundation in my album here. I really liked going into the day knowing approximately how many photos I would want to include in my finished spread. I also really liked folding the page protector to create the flip out.
Let's dive in to the video:
Here are additional images of my project coming together:
I printed out 8, 3x3 photos and then trimmed them after adhering to the journal cards. I added journaling directly onto the photos in Photoshop. I also printed out 9, 1.75 inch x 1.75 inch photos for the prompt/pattern paper.
On top of the small square photos I added word/phrase stickers and small puffy goal numbers.
For my project this year I ended up creating four additional sentiment cards because the words of others felt like a balm to me as I was telling the story of my day.
You can download a PDF of the four cards here.
On the next page I wrote a little bit about each of the small square photos.
Thank you for your patience as I carve out some time to return back to work.
Simply capturing pieces of a day is what this project is all about. It might be super ordinary or it might be completely different than your regular routine - that sounds a lot like the waves of life.
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Ali- thank you so much for these grief cards. They are exactly what I need to go with a few stories this past week. My whole heart is with you through your process. Sending you all the love and strength.💚
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So happy they are what you need right now!
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Looks great! It’s all a part of our stories. One year Week in the Life fell in the week our beloved dog died. I wasn’t sure I wanted to document it but am so glad I did. I’m continuing to hold you and your family in my prayers. It’s so hard because it just is hard. But there will be so many precious moments too. 🩷
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Thinking about you and your family Ali. May God give you all the strength, peace and love you need with each other as you work through and learn to live with this new normal. I have also been here. I know it is hard.
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Thank you for sharing your DITL and all that you are navigating right now. Holding your family in my thoughts and sending you peace and strength.
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