Project Life

I find that the longer I document using the Project Life system, the less “worried” I am about being exact about the date and time that certain occurrences happen.   I had to really work on it at the beginning- it would drive me crazy if the week didn’t progress as it happened from left to right, and if I didn’t have the accurate dates recorded in my PL.

However, when looking back at my past Project Life albums, I enjoy reading the stories more than the factual details of the week.  Yes, I still include dates, times, places, who, what, when, where… but I am not limited to those prompts when documenting.

For example, in this week’s layout, the photo of my son with the chickens was taken a few weeks prior.  However, there was SO much talk this week about the fact we want to have our own backyard chicken next spring (help me!), that I included this photo because it supports the story of our week.   And I am totally okay with that.

When creating your layouts and thinking about the stories you want to tell, is there another photo (maybe not even taken that week) that supports a story from your week?

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Project Life was created by Becky Higgins as a way to simplify how you document life and preserve memories. Photo pockets used in my Project Life album are created by Becky and can be found here.  You can read of all the Elle’s Studio Project Life posts here.