What prevents you from scrapping?

Mostly lack of ambition. Or sometimes feeling overwhelmed by my space. We are putting new flooring in our whole house as we speak and I’m hoping when I move my stuff back into my scrap room and rearrange how we are using our closets, I can have the space i need not to feel suffocated by stuff. I have supplies spilling over into the guest room too and I did a major purge when I moved into that room. It’s only 10x11 and i don’t have full use of the closet. I have a 4x4 kallax and a large island desk but I haven’t gotten it completely organized yet. I wish the project cart from We R came in white.

here are a few reasons:
- the mess in my scrap room.
- lack of desire to print photos.
- crappy stuff in present life.

Work. I’m a teacher too and much more prolific in summer. Also other hobbies. I read and am trying knitting and quilting. Also scrolling.

There are not enough hours in the day!!

most recently? lack of power (and A/C)

more often - scrolling on the computer, housework, being busy/away from home, motivation, ...

Time isn't an issue with me, nor is space - I can scrap wherever I sit. For me, it's choosing the photos. Last night I spent literally hours going through my photos trying to find something I wanted to scrap, that would suit the Sketchtember sketches I still need to finish. I could have done two or three layouts in that time. 

One big reason is weather. When it is really hot, I don't want to be in my craft space. It is at the top of the stairs in a nook with a large sliding window to the deck that the post noon sun hits. No AC vent so it can get quite warm there. Even if I run a fan, and have the blinds closed. And we have tinting on the windows too.

I like to be downstairs when it is hot.

And when I am mentally drained, crafting isn't on my mind.

I don't know if this will help, but I found choosing the pictures much easier when I start with the journaling. Then it's more like illustrating what I wrote.

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Time is my barrier. My grandson has 3 hockey games every weekend for his fall league. I'm still going to help my parents 2x a week.

mrssch I'm sorry you have things happening that are not so great. I found doing something creative got me out of my head while DH was battling cancer. Hugs.

1. Work. I work FT so that prevents scrapping during work hours but then also 95% of evenings as well because I’m exhausted

2. The mess in my scrapbook area. I still do my project life and keep up with it weekly but it affects other projects like my week in the life and 2023 Dd I am trying to finish. I moved a few months ago and have a bigger space than I used to but I’ve just managed to clutter both desks instead of one.

3. My phone. It’s too easy to be distracted with my phone during the process. I need my phone to print photos or type journaling so it’s right there and often in my hands and next thing you know I’m on 2 peas or online shopping, scrolling insta…

4. Other life. My scrapping is basically the weekend due to work but I have other competing projects and commitments on the weekend as well.

Overall I am happy enough since as I mentioned my PL is up to date and that is my main project. The other ones are just extra but it would be nice to complete them!

My DH had to have back surgery, then just as he was mostly recovered, he had a heart attack. I became his care giver, and sometimes it was exhausting. He has recovered relatively well from both, despite the odds, but I still drive him to get a special kind of physical therapy 3 days a week, and I pick up my DGD from school one day each week, and it’s been hard to get back to paper crafting. I just got out of the habit and lost my creativity. It’s just easier to make a card than a layout if I have a short time to get crafty, and I actually get the card done. A layout takes me days or even weeks at this point.

Still, even if it takes me that long, I think I would have more satisfaction from layouts than cards, but I need to get some new photos printed, regardless.

Definitely a lack of devoted space.

But the first step of several that need to be done for me to get my devoted space are underway right now. So, maybe 12-18 months from now, I might have a dedicated space.

For now, I'm trying to scrap with limited supplies in a corner of our study. I'm working on a desk so small that a 12x12 paper can just barely fit, LOL!

So yeah, creating anything is a bit tedious right now.

Right now for me it is family issues. Chloe is talking to me again but I just don't trust her after all the chaos she has caused for me these past few months. I am uncertain I will ever forgive my mom for her role in this either. I'm going to say something that is going to sound very pathetic and deep down, I know it's not right, not rational but...it's very hard when the people around you don't see value in having a relationship with you to not feel like your life has very little value. In the past few years, most of my scrapbooking has been about me. The kids are older, Esther is gone, and it's all been about my own life with everyone else doing cameos. And I just feel lately like no one will even care about this stuff, like no one cares. I told you it was pathetic. I'm working with a therapist to try to get myself back on track again and I'm taking good care of myself physically. My bipolar is good too. But psychologically, I feel defeated right now.