I imagined spending the next year looking through my past to preserve the memories that were meaningful to me. I hoped to inspire and help others to do the same.
For the past month, along with looking at my past memories, I have researched, read and listened to podcasts to learn more about memories. I have reflected about my project and what would have the most meaningful impact on my happiness.
As I near the end of the first month of my project, I have recognized that it's not just about the past. It's about the present and the future.
Can looking at past memories make us recognize what is more meaningful in our lives? Can we create and re-create these types of memories?
As I work on the past, more memories are being made and getting cluttered in every day living.
Will I end my project with another year of memories to declutter and organize?
Would I end the project without plans to maintain the current memories?
When I was a Creative Memories Consultant and taught photo album-making classes, I used to tell my clients to bring their most recent roll of film to the initial class. They would make a photo album page using the most recent photos.
The lesson I taught then was to keep up-to-date with the photos as they were being taken and developed. When there was extra time, they would go back and scrapbook past photos.
I initially set a first 5 week period to take inventory and explore what I wanted my Revive55 Project to look like for the rest of the year.
An aha moment for me was to recognize that step one has to be to have a process in place for future memories.
As part of my Happiness Project Experience that I signed up for in January, I had chosen "Process" as my one-word theme of the year. My goal for the year was to put processes in place to be more productive and happier.
My Happiness Project and my Revive55 Project are coming together.
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