Project Life.

So I have started my attempt to document my life, and I'm enjoying it, truly. I said to myself I don't want to be stressed too much when I started this project but there are times that I can't help but be stressed! When it strikes me, I just take a step back, and breathe. And then I think about the real reason I am doing this. For the memories that pass, and events I can share with my family and loved ones in the future. Sometimes a picture will tell a hundred stories! I don't need to document every single thing that happens, but I make sure to have my iPhone handy, and if possible, my camera (or even my sister's cam which is nicer).

Proud to say that I've been able to finish the weekly spreads religiously, usually finishing the spreads a day or two after the next has started. I only had a delay for Week8 (Feb 18 to Feb 24) since I wasn't able to leave the house because I contracted conjunctivitis, on both eyes. Ugh. So hopefully I can finish Week8 and Week9 by Tuesday next week (Mar 5). I am definitely crossing my fingers.

I wanted to post the pics of my spreads here on a weekly basis, but heck, wasn't able to (obviously) so I will  tonight. I also created spreads for 2011 and 2012. I wanted to do it monthly, but I didn't have the time, and I wanted to be on track for 2013. Want to post really clear pics like the blogs of other Project Lifers out there, but these IG pics will do for now. This is quite a picture-heavy post, so bear with me. I am a proud Project Lifer!

2011 Spread -

2012 Spread

2013 Cover and Week 1

Week 2

Week 3

Week 4

Week 5 and Week 6

Week 7

Package has arrived!

 Yay! Got my package from Scraplicious, my Becky Higgins Photo Pocket Pages have arrived!

Can't wait to start this project. I've done a journal cards project, and it was fun coming up with colors and things I'd like to add, the design of the fonts and everything. Maybe once I've gotten the hang of things I'll eventually open the stuff up for free downloads :)

Starting Project Life.

I am resolved to do Project Life.

I have always wanted to create scrapbooks, and I've purchased a lot of stuff, papers, thingamajigs. And now I've found a way, I think, to do it simply: Project Life.

I love Project Life's catchline: Cultivate a good life and record it.

I feel that it somehow sums up how we want to live, and how we want to be remembered.

I spent many nights, well, maybe 3 nights, dreaming of the binders, note cards, photo pockets... Hahahha! It was a sign that I should just purchase the photo pockets and start documenting my days, my weeks, my months... my life. And not just my life, but my family's life, the people who mean a lot to me, people who make me happy, things that make me happy, events that put a smail to my face, or a scene that will linger in my mind long after it has passed.

I'm sprucing up my PayPal so I can purchase the photo pockets tomorrow from Scraplicious which is a store in Singapore.

I opted to just buy several packs of the Photo Pockets because I can make journaling cards, and I can probably find a good binder to keep everything. I don't have enough moolah to purchase the Core Kit or Bundle Kit so I need to make do with the things I already have and maybe create stuff for the scrapbook.

I will document the process of starting Project Life (in my terms, of course, since I'm only utilizing the photo pockets).

If I can squeeze it, and most probably I'd do it simultaneously, I'd like to do Project 365 too.

Let's see how this will turn out.

I will post pictures too, and maybe screenshots of the progress when I have everything ready.

Getting ready for Project Life!

Yey!

Waiting.

I'm in SM Marikina waiting for the love of my life. But I don't think he's coming.

Biyernes.

Minsan talaga mapapaisip ka kung yung mga naging desisyon mo sa buhay, sa pag-ibig, sa trabaho – ay tama. Minsan pa napapa-iling ka. Hindi ko pinagsisisihan ang desisyon ko, pero minsan talaga...

Hindi ko na alam kung ang nararamdaman ko ay galit o inis. Basta ang alam ko hindi ko gusto yung pakiramdam na nagugulo. Siguro kasi nuon, bawat salita na lumalabas sa bibig ko ay napagiisipan ko muna bago ko siya mabigkas. Itong mga nakaraang buwan, bigkas na lang ako ng bigkas kaya yung mga ayaw ko masabi nailalabas tuloy ng bibig ko.

Ang hirap magbago. Pero kailangan. Hindi maganda ang pakiramdam. Pero dapat.

Sa ikakasaya ng minamahal.

I miss you. I'm sorry.

I’m supposed to be composing a write-up but all I can think about is how I ruin your day.

The letters are running all over the page. I feel hot tears trying to peek at the corners of my eyes. It is a pain to close them and not let them escape.

And it hurts that when I talk to you, you reply with pain and anger in your voice.

I want to tell you I miss you but I’m afraid I’d bawl and never stop. I know you told me that you can say hurtful words. But I never thought you’d say I ruin your day.

Now that’s all I can think about.