2020 Project Life check in

I did a New Year’s Day page and then I have several other pages for January ( but I’m not doing ‘weekly’ lol

I’m only doing ‘events’ that won’t/don’t fit in my planner. YET I have duplicated pictures from my planner to my pages anyway, which I did not want to do. AND despite insisting I wasn’t doing weekly I have 7 pages in January including one of just sunrises & sunsets. Oye vey.

It is my first time doing PL style album, I’ve only ever don’t travel pocket pages before.

So, I did have pics for New Year’s Day so that went in there ( some were in my planner )
I actually did the first ‘week’ because the kids were home ( again a couple or repeats )
Then I did the kids leaving for their trip & the dog sort of bummed everyone left
Then I did DS coming back from trip & ‘moving’ back to school.
Then I did 2 9x12 pages for my nephews birthday party ( which meant I didn’t have to do an extra insert in my planner ) I was bummed the pictures sort of sucked so I didn’t do traditional scrap pages like I thought I would.
Then I did a page of random pics of me & the dog relaxing
Then I did the page of sunrises & sunsets from January

Eh well. I figure I’ll figure it out as I go along and get used to it. But the thing is for a decent PL album you almost need to plan before you print pictures. Which is what I did wrong when I impulsively printed some pictures from last fall to do 2019 backwards. Now all the 4x6 different orientation pictures are overwhelming me so I’ve only done 1 page from them.

You didn't ask me, but my answer is I adapt as necessary. For instance, if I have a page to fill, I might enlarge 1 or 2 of my best miscellaneous photos and use them to make a stand-alone 12x12 page. I'm never at a loss for miscellaneous photos because it's easy to fill the space with photos of my home, my town, etc.

I'm doing a mix of PL, world news and life-right-now album for 2020 to mark the new decade. I'm working mostly seasonally but I still subdivide in months. For January, not so many photos but I'm going to dedicate some space to write about the 2019-nCoV, the fires in Australia, Brexit (happening today) and the global stress around the 2020 elections in the USA.

No specific number of pages per month/season for me. I no longer fuss or worry about that. I much prefer a natural flow. Some months of the year are more heavily documented than others. That's just the way my life is. Winter is always a quieter, less dynamic season. Cue Netflix, reading and music updates.

I took the afternoon off work so I could work on my albums. I'm trying to finish 2018 (oops). The kids have been out of school since Wednesday (lots of flu and strep throat here) so I won't be able to get as much done as I had hoped ... but it's better than nothing!

I'm back to monthly this year, but haven't done anything for 2020 yet and haven't finished 2019. I've been in flux with my mom's death, holidays, moving my uncle to my home and moving my scrap room to a space half as big. Mostly I've been reorganizing and purging. But I'm getting close!

This thread is making me want to do PL in 2020!

Last time I tried was 2017 and I got to about October.

Maybe I'll try monthly, I've never done that before.

Thanks for the inspiration!

Do it when the spirit moves you.

There’s no wrong way to memory keep

I love PL, but I'm careful to not make it more work than it needs to be. Sometimes I include lots of minutiae and sometimes it's basic. I refuse to lock myself into arbitrary rules that make me feel like I can't do it "right". I might have one day on a two page spread or conversely 3 weeks on one lone page. I do have one rule that I do not break and that is no more than one album per year. That works for me and keeps me sane with the number of albums on my shelf. As I move backwards in scrapping my life, I'm willing to include more than one year in one album. 

Ali Edwards switched it up last year and did monthly. That's a good place to look for some inspiration and a plan that won't be as overwhelming. Also, I refuse to pressure myself into trying to "keep up". I might be working on 3-6 months ago. I never say "I'm behind". I'm careful to not consider it a race to get done as quickly as possible. I work on it when the mood strikes me and don't try to force it.

I hope that you are pleasantly surprised. I actually got more sewing and scrapping done with a newborn than I did at any other time in my life. A lot of people will probably tell you to sleep when the baby sleeps, but I never did that - I was always too excited about having time to myself, I wasn't going to waste it by sleeping!    And presumably you won't have work (as in paid work) to get in the way of scrapping. Fingers crossed for you!

As for my 2020 PL.... ugh, I haven't even decided on a format yet. I am trying to decide whether to stick with the digital templates I was using for 2019, or whether to simplify it and use the digital PL templates. I bought a couple the other week to play with, and to see whether I like them. 

But before that, I should probably finish 2019. I've only done about 9 weeks. 

What's everyone using for PL? I know I have a lot of old cards but I would like to add a sub in for some freshness kwim? I know there is SC DK,Cocoa Daisy, Citrus Twist, Elle's Studio, FYC ? Thoughts?

I'm never sure how to answer the PL questions? I love and use divided page protectors as well as the various insert cards, but I still scrapbook by event with the random full page thrown in here and there.

I actually love that you enjoy your daily walks with the pooch so much that you take pictures during it. Maybe it would be a fun year-long project to document how your walks change through the seasons? Shoes during winter versus summer, plants and flowers your dog smells, maybe a picture taken at the same time once a month to see how the light increases and decreases during the year? Is there a spot with a reflective surface to take a me-with-my-dog selfie in several times (wearing a raincoat and umbrella, wearing a summer dress, wearing a thick sweater, and so on). You can also practice silhouette portraits of your dog's profile against the sunset. Sounds like you could have a lot of fun with this.