Another year, another list. I find it interesting how my list making criteria changes every year. When I turned 23 and made the first list, I didn’t put too much thought into it. I just came up with 23 things that I thought would better my life. When I turned 24, I knew that getting everything done was difficult so I went with what I thought were easier challenges. (As it turns out, some were not – I’ll show what I crossed off next week.)
This year, I picked things that were not necessarily easy but most are possible to accomplish in one day. No long events or repetitive events. I have a big list of hard tasks (find a church), easy tasks (have a picnic), expensive tasks (buy bikes) & inexpensive tasks (play with chalk). So many of the 25 goals are things I want to do in our new town. I will be living in San Diego for nine months of this birthday year and that opens up many new opportunities.
I have decided to document the progress on this list in a digital scrapbook.
I am going digital for a few reasons. First, it’s different than last year and right now, changing things up sounds inspiring. Second, my 24 book is lacking in stories. It has plenty of ephemera, but no real words to help remember what I did and why. Third, I can type up the journaling in Microsoft Word (or on this blog) as I go. When I have the chance, I can copy and paste into Photoshop and add photos & design. I think this will make it easier to stay active in the documentation process. (Basically, I don’t want to do a year’s worth of catch up at the end.)
I will be making 8.5×11 (or maybe 12×12? The square format sounds fun) pages in PSE, printing the completed pages and keeping together in an album. I will try to share progress as I go. (Hopefully much better than I did with the 24 list.)
So here we go. To a new year. To a new list. To 25 exciting tasks.
PS : Here is a look at the only other digital scrapbook I have made.
enJOY it 
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