Thank you all for your comments! It's very nice to be able to vent here and read your comments. It's nice to know that I'm not the only one out there that needs outside factors to motivate me. Some times I start feeling guilty about that... that taking good pics of my kids and scrapping our memories should be enough motivation to get it done. But I *need* that outside "push".
I totally get what you mean about exercise, Meg!! I'm exactly that same way. If I exercise, I need someone else involved... someone who is counting on me being there. If I go to a class at the gym where I don't know anyone or just go to work out alone... the motivation doesn't last long. I keep thinking about exercise a lot lately since my kids are getting bigger and getting harder and harder to keep up with. I'm trying to find some outside factor to keep me focused. For example... I'm currently reading Into Thin Air (an amazing book by the way), for many of the people in this book, climbing Everest was their motivation to get into the best possible shape they could be in. Working out was not their hobby, but mountain climbing was.... but it was the motivator to work out. I will not be taking up mountain climbing as a hobby (I got dizzy just reading about the heights!), but I would love to find something that I loved to do that made being in shape a bigger priority. Photography and scrapbooking are not big exercise motivating hobbies! LOL!
Yeah, Bridget, I think you're right, I do overthink things anymore. BUT... that goes along with my outside motivation "issue" LOL! My outside motivation lately has been CT assignments or magazine pubs.... and with those I feel like I need to constantly be raising the bar with my layouts. I feel like there has to be a certain quality standard (of course this is all just in my head) so I'll start and delete multiple layouts for every one that I actually finish. I'm going to have to just get over that.
Thank you for the comments Brenda.... your comment about that I'm moving to a different point in my hobbies... the problem is... I'm at a lost at what that next point is! LOL! Looks like we'll just miss each other at Disney World! That's too bad! In case I get busy and forget... big birthday wishes for Gracie! Is she really going to be six???
Thanks for the info Michelle... I'll have to check out the challenge... that may be some good motivation for me.
Okay... I'm rambling again and I really need to hop in the shower! Here's a layout I worked on yesterday....
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Okay... off to get clean!
I haven't read "Into Thin Air" but its often quoted as one of the classics. Have you also read "Touching the Void" by Joe Simpson. That is an amazing story. I could not put it down. Also "The Social Climbers" by Chris Darwin and John Amy is different, but equally compelling- they decide to have the worlds highest dinner party...the customer reviews on Amazon sum it up nicely.
ReplyDeletetalking of summing it up nicely "If I exercise, I need someone else involved... someone who is counting on me being there."- exactly!!!
now I'd better leave your blog alone and go and write mine. And maybe order some new books from amazon...
I'll definitely have to check out that book.. I'm just finishing up another from one of my fav authors, Jennifer Weiner.
ReplyDeleteExercise.. eeek.. I really try and keep up (cardio 3 times this week, yay).. but sometimes I get discouraged when I don't see results RIGHT away.. I know, I know it's a process, but damn it, I want a tight rear! haha.. Okay, now I'm rambling..
Your reasons are the EXACT reason why I know that I overthink my layouts! I need them to be up to par and hit a level that I feel is "good enough".. Guess although they are going in family & Kaylor's albums, I still feel like I have to meet that "Bridget is so creative" requirement... lol
I love the doggy layout.. the tongue still cracks me up :)
Tracie...I have been reading you blog for a while now and love your layouts. I'm a professional photographer but dont know where to even start when it comes to digital scapbooking. I can design great wedding albums but not layouts for my kids (teens) You mentioned in a previous post about finding a venue for your photography and scrapbooking. What about teaching classes maybe once a month for women who want to know how to start and do digital scrapbooking. Charge $35 a head and have them bring there laptops snd a disk of their favorite photos.
ReplyDeleteYou could type out a few pages of pointers and tips and leave room for them to take notes etc...If your house isn't big enough see if there is a community center or church hall to rent a room for a few hours, I know I would sign upif i lived in chicago.