I cannot believe that MOC is over!! I feel like I just started doing the challenges! Despite hanging around The Pad for a while, this was my first year ever participating in MOC with a clear focus on finishing the challenges. I have to say, I learned a lot from completing all of the challenges in MOC5, some lessons big and others small. Today I want to share my reflections from the MOC process with all of you.
You have to make time to scrapbook – or it won’t happen – This was the biggest revelation I had during the process. For a long time now, I was only scrapping a little bit each month because I felt I didn’t have the time. Finishing MOC5 showed me that, in order to scrapbook regularly, I need to make time for it. With the challenges, I had to set aside time each weekend to try and catch up – and by setting that time aside, I was able to finish. We have to make time for what we feel is important, and that includes scrapbooking.
Challenges inspire me – I had not participated in scrapbooking challenges for a long time. The layouts I would do would be inspired either by a photo or a kit that I wanted to use. I found that participating in the challenges stretched me outside my comfort zone and inspired me in ways I wouldn’t have been inspired on my own. I mean, come on, a challenge where you have to journal from the viewpoint of the walls??? I NEVER would have thought of that.
It’s time to clean up and purge my supplies – I’ve gone through a few computers in the last few months, and have made the switch with all of my supplies each time. Each time I move them to a new computer, I lose the sorting that I had done previously. I’ve been operating out of unsorted folders for a while now, and that was super frustrating while I was trying to get the challenges done. I also saw a whole lot of supplies (from other stores) that I don’t know that I’ll ever use again. Every time I had to scroll through looking for a supply, I mentally told myself it was time to sort and purge once again. That is on my February task list.
Being creative makes me happy – I think I had forgotten how much I get out of scrapbooking as a creative outlet. Sure, it’s not the only creative outlet I have, but I get a lot of creative satisfaction from creating a layout.
So these are the big lessons I learned from MOC5. What about you? What did you learn?
Cynthia/MrsPeel says
so that means we will be seeing more pages from you…. this makes my heart sing!!!!!
I’m with you on the need for purging…will need to make time for that too!!!!
Michele says
Besides a few techniques (my favorite kind of challenge!), I’ve learned that I truly enjoy scrapping every day. I didn’t even stop on February 1, but participated in the slow scrap that day. I would have probably scrapped today if I hadn’t been busy with other things. Maybe I want to try scrapping for hire again . . . hmmm . . .