My brother last summer in Sydney. © Tash Jayasinghe
Gone are the days when I take all of these wonderful pictures while on
holiday and then forget about it. Too many memories have gotten lost in
my well-organised folder system and this is the perfect way to bring
back scrapbooking minus the huge time previously required.
- Buy a brand new moleskin, the bigger the better.
- Buy one of those gel pens. Sure the colour runs out quicker but your ideas are bolder because of it. I honestly believe that.
- Do something fun with your best mate, a holiday is best but a trip to the nearest park with a stop at a coffee shop will do. Document it with photos.
- Take turns writing your favourite memories about the trip on your way home. As soon as you get home, hit “print” on the best photos and pick them up asap. No excuses.
- Cut and glue pictures into your moleskin.
- Repeat until book is full.
- Put away and completely forget about your book for at least one year.
- Find it again and feel positive about your happy memories.
Sarah Von suggested this new kind of memory list and I love the idea. “I use lists to organize, plan and plot my take over of the world. I don’t, however, usually use them for the more snuggly, sweetly blurry parts of life. Lists seem to belong to the left side of my brain, all numbers and bullets points and logic. But there’s no reason we can’t harness the fun of list-making for more soft-focus purposes, right?”
I agree whole-heartedly Sarah, and I intend to take the advice to heart.