Not so fast! By now you may have exhausted every other shelter-in-place/organize-your-home, option–quite possibly leaving the worst ‘til last. For me, that’s photos. I have boxes and bins as well as online albums and files on numerous, now-defunct computers. Today could be a perfect time to tackle this project. In small pieces. Even a few minutes a day could yield big results, right?
With that in mind, I have to share one of my all-time favorite activities that ended as holiday gifts: generating captions for pictures that I might have otherwise tossed.
Here’s how: I carried old photos along with Post-It’s and pen to jot down possible captions as I ran errands. A bit of insanity leaked out at each red light.
As I sorted through thousands of paper pictures, I tried to remind myself that what was tossed in the trash could very well be a keeper.
All that’s required is a little time in traffic (or home lockdown) combined with a willingness to take life a little less seriously. Or at least laugh along the way during dreary times like these.
I just saw this as I am taking a break, and seriously
questioning myself for even opening my
“photo storage cabinet”. I’m making a rather
Ruthless first pass of 2 boxes with my paper shredder
in front of me. MANY MORE to go.
That’s the best strategy. You’re way ahead of me on this one. BUT if there’s a clear keeper, grab and go with a clever caption, you artistic person, you.