Bonnie Shay of Mariposa Creative Solutions shares her Top 10 List of reasons people don’t organize their printed photo collections. Which one (or more) sounds like You?
1. They are overwhelmed with the quantity of photos they have.
2. They are embarrassed because they never did anything with the photos while their kids were young.
3. They expect it to be a bittersweet process seeing people in the photos who have passed away or who they used to be married to, etc.
4. They don’t know who many of the people are in the old photos so they give up.
5. They think they will get to it someday when life gets back to “normal.”
6. They don’t have the time.
7. Their photos are scattered all over the house, so they don’t even know the true extent of their collection.
8. All of their photos are well organized in albums, so they think they are all set, but they aren’t as shareable with multiple children and they aren’t backed up (which is what scanning photos provides).
9. They can’t decide whether to organize them chronologically or by subject matter.
10. They don’t know a Photo Organizer like me that can help them.
Did 1 or more of the reasons pertain to you? Please take a moment to comment and share with us which ones…
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When I was a little girl, my idea of a fun activity was to organize my family’s kitchen pantry, cabinets and drawers. I discovered many years later that it wasn’t every girls’ idea of a good time. Who knew? But it planted the seed of an idea that underlies Mariposa Creative Solutions: that each of us loves and excels at different things and if we recognize that and do what we do best, we can make a difference in other people’s lives.
My clients often say that at the beginning of our work together they feel like some or all of their home is chaotic. The great filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola said, “Anything you build on a large scale or with intense passion invites chaos.” And so it goes whether you have built a family, a career, friendships or a beautiful garden, a certain amount of “chaos” has been part of the process while you’ve been living life.
And if you’re reading this, my guess is you’re not like me — one whose passion it is to make order. The important thing for you is to stop feeling bad about that. It’s about recognizing what you’re good at, what you enjoy, and how to relieve that which weighs on you.
Thanks, a lot of these applied to me, and I am lapsed scrapbooker and a former Creative Memories consultant! But I am getting inspired once again to try! Thank you
I’m so glad Bonnie’s list is giving you the inspiration to get on track with organization and *hopefully* get you scrapbooking again! Don’t try to get it all done at one time – that’s just overwhelming. The only way to climb a mountain is by taking it one step at a time. There will be days when you feel like a good, long walk, other days when you hike hard and some days when you just make camp and enjoy the scenery. It’s okay to take the time you need – just make sure you make that time! Let us know how you’re coming along with your progress, please. 🙂 Good luck!
We are a photo tools startup and we built a photo organizing tool called Tru (http://www.truorganizer.com) and we are so familiar with most of these excuses. The #1 excuse we get to hear from people who are willing to organize is that “they don’t have time” and the 2nd most common excuse is that their photo collection is so big that they don’t even know where to begin from.