Well Savor Project didn’t go marvelously in 2013.
It started out well enough and I will say that I liked the single-page, 9-pocket option much better than the double 12×12 I used last year. But I noticed that I journaled a lot less, the journaling wasn’t meaningful and it became this project of printing photos. I don’t usually feel a need to print photos so it felt more like a burden than joy. It felt frustrating and chore-ish. I switched to digital about halfway through the year and that was easier but I am not sure it was any more meaningful so I ended the year with mixed feelings.
And they are still with me.
I am still grateful to have done all that I did and I am not ready to give up on the project in any way. But I know that I will be changing it for next year.
Here’s what’s on my mind for now:
- It will be fully digital
- This will mean I have to find some solution for ephemera
- I will journal more, and more meaningfully
- I will have to figure out what made it burdensome (and not as meaningful) this year so I can not do it.
- Whatever solution I have will not require that each week be present so there will be no pressure
I will sit on this a bit more and then share with you my plans for 2014. As with 2013, we’ll consider it an experiment and see if it works and adjust and alter accordingly.
If you’re doing Project Life and have some tips or ideas you want to share, I would love that.
