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mishou

mishou

mishou
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Ok my life is kind of upside down at the moment so my head is all over the place and I'm having a hard time making up my mind about this. I need advice from all you PL pros please!

I started PL on September 14 2012 (my wedding day) as a project to document my first year of married life. It seemed like a great idea at the time but now I'm having some regrets about that timing and wondering if I should start over fresh with Week 1 for 2013.

I got married on a Friday so my weeks run Fri-Thur which I'm starting to find really awkward. Also I've only just realized now (duh!) that when this year finishes on Sept 14 2013, I'll have to wait 3 months before starting the next one in the new year or be locked into this particular yearly cycle forever which I know I'm not going to like. There's just so much fun and hype (and motivation!) surrounding the new year that I would miss getting in on. And I was expecting my DH to participate more but he really hates being in pictures so this is turning more into a personal project life as opposed to our married life.

Are those good enough reasons to change? Or would you just suck it up and keep going at this point? I'm a little behind so as of now I have 10 weeks completed (which equals 11 layouts because I combined some weeks) I could always just incorporate those in my 2012 album!?

It's a miracle that I've actually kept up a project this long. Usually I quit after the first month lol I guess I'm scared that changing it up now is like another failure or something.

What would you do if you were in my shoes?
 
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I would start fresh with 2013 and save your 2012 pages for now. Once you get back to your anniversary date you can decide if you want to continue on through the rest of the year. If you don't, you can stop there and have your first year of marriage documented. If you do, just turn 2012 into a mini album.
 
I think you're worrying way too much. I, too started in fall. Only with me it's going to be the other way around, it will be the 1,5 years leading up to our wedding.
I think switching up the weeks to Sun-Sat or Mon-Sun (European calendars do weeks from Mon-Sun, so that's my schedule) will probably be more practical in the long run. And I can see your point. What I gather from your gallery pages, you numbered the weeks according to your cycle. Sounds to me though, like you want to turn your Project "first year of marriage" into a normal PL. Just do it then. I'd probably start a new album and create an extra title page explaining the change, why you choose the new format and how you are still exited to capture that time period in your life.

Cause that's what counts in the end. In 15 years you probably won't care if it's exactely week to week from your wedding day to your first anniversary. Or if you switched things up in between. You'll just be glad to remember how your life felt like back then. so go with whatever makles you happy and keeps you scrapping now.
 
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I'd keep going this way, then start in Jan the following year. You probably won't mind the 3 month hiatus. LOL
 
I would start new with the New Year and wouldn't give much thought to it. Don't stress! :)
 
i would probably wrap up the 2012 one as of today or whatever, and start fresh with 2013.
 
I would start new for 2013 if you want to do a project life type album.

Why not do like a monthly page on your anniversary day. Like if you got married on 12/5. Each month on the 5th take photo of you and your husband and then journal about your best things that happened in that month.
 
I would start fresh this year, makes sense to me. It's okay that you never finished that year. But then again I scrap year to year with photo books printed at the end of each year. I started PL in October the first year too and just added those layouts to my reg album for that year.
 
I think if you are giving us so many reasons to change it's because you want to change... so who's stopping you? The Project Life Police? Hun, do whatever you think it will work for you and only you!
 
sweetie you have to do what feels right for you - there aren't any hard and fast rules, just relax and enjoy it :) (says Amanda who hasn't managed to get past a month of PL ROFL)
 
Something like this! Fantastic idea!

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I would start new for 2013 if you want to do a project life type album.

Why not do like a monthly page on your anniversary day. Like if you got married on 12/5. Each month on the 5th take photo of you and your husband and then journal about your best things that happened in that month.
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I'm so anal about weird things like this- it's how my brain functions- I'd totally start fresh with 2013 and do a normal year format.
 
Thank you SO much for the feedback everyone! I didn't respond yesterday because I wanted to sleep on my decision before making it public :giggle

I spent last night catching up on my PL and I now have the full 15 weeks completed. Looking at them altogether it really hit me that I've done over 3 months of this. In 7 years of scrapbooking and 7 years of attempting various year-long projects, this is the farthest I have ever come! This is HUGE people lol! So with that in mind I decided it would be dumb to start all over again now. I'm going to keep up with my current week numbering. I was just caught up in the New Year hype and I think when that dies down it won't bother me so much.

BUT I am definitely changing to Mon-Sun. That was driving me bonkers. And my solution to ending this cycle is that when I reach the end in Sept 2013 I'm just going to include the remaining months of the year in that album and start fresh with you all on a new cycle in January 2014 :)

Phew. There. Decision made. Thank you so much for talking it through with me!:heartlub I am definitely an over-thinker when it comes to this stuff!
 
I would start fresh with 2013, but that's probably my OCD talking. You'll still have your first year of marriage documented, just not in the same album. And if you really want a separate album for that there's no reason you can't duplicate those 9 months in both albums.
 
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