Today Danyell and Katie are tackling the topic of catching up on Memory Keeping. We talk about some steps you can take to ‘work towards finishing it,’ give some tips on making the process easier, and also share a fun announcement to hopefully help keep you and other people who are catching up on memory keeping inspired and motivated.

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Steps:

1. Assess/create your master list of what you have and haven’t documented

- Organize into smaller chunks to make tasks more manageable

- Example: pick a single project like “Christmas” or even just a certain month to document or make this master list appear more manageable. It’s okay to have multiple “master lists” if that makes you feel less overwhelmed by the tasks ahead.

- Use notes or a word/google drive doc to make a list and break down what you have.

2. Set a specific goal for your final product

- What are you creating? A year end video, a printed photo album, a lineup of journals, etc

3. Make a list of the specific tasks that need to be done

- Going back to the breaking your big task into more manageable items.

- Example: if you’re working on a specific month, break it up into weeks then decide what “stories” your documenting based on the pictures/videos/etc. that you have, then cull through the stuff that you have on your master list, then break down your editing process, then break down your final product creation process, and so on and so on.

4. Schedule time to work on it

- Set time aside to catch up. Tack 15 mins onto your already scheduled time for memory keeping.

- Reference 007 - Creating a Routine

- Or create another time for your catch up tasks

5. Enjoy your final product!!

We want to see your final products, but also want to be a resource for you as you go through these steps. We’ve talked a lot about how Katie and I have an instagram, but we hadn’t yet put together any sort of community for all of you…. But we have a big announcement now.

We’ve created a Facebook Group just for the Memories Podcast. This group will be a great place for you all to comment, post questions, share updates about your memory keeping process, and generally just chat with us and fellow people on this journey. We’ll link the Facebook Group in the show notes and hope to see you all in there! www.facebook.com/groups/thememoriespodcast/

Tips:

1. Continue recording & backing up your data:

- Reference 004- Backing up your memories

2. Find tools and apps to help

- Reference 003- Our favorite memory keeping apps & why social media is not

3. Keep things simple

- Use templates when you can

4. Work forwards and backwards

Examples of how we’re currently behind:

Danyell: smashbook (honeymoon & current year)

Katie: Yearly Photo Album for 2020, I’m slowly working through it and adding it on to when I’m already working on my regular memory keeping.

RECAP

Challenge - This week we want to challenge you to create your master list

Next week's podcast is: A new month, new theme, using professionals… Why hiring a professional photog/videog is important

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Ep. 001: Finding your why--why do you memory keep?

The Memories PodcastBy Danyell LangMar 10, 2021