Give Yourself a Present Challenge

Stacy Julian issued this challenge on October 1st. Many in the scrapbooking blogging world accepted that challenge. I was one of them. I have to say this was a tad out of my comfort level since I've never done something about my everyday life. Here where her instructions:

You have everything you need right now to be vibrant, happy and fully
engaged in the creative process of life. Sometimes you just have to slow down,
look around and realize it!Here’s what I want you to do …

• Snap ten or twelve photos of your life right now. Or find recent
  photos that you've already taken.
• Compile these photos in one of these super-cute Bazzill Mono-Mini albums
• Keep or carry this album with you, tucked in your purse or desk drawer for one full year.
• Promise to glance through the album every time you stumble upon it or pull it out.
• On October 1st, 2009, create a scrapbook page about your experience.

I think you'll find that regardless of what you choose to photograph, be it nature, your children, your pets, your home, your current projects --- anything and everything, that life is in flux. We and our surroundings are constantly changing (even when you don't see it or believe it) and this little challenge/project is designed to STOP you, in the throws of your busyness and show you in an instant ALL that have and can choose to be grateful for -- ALL that is here NOW and very likely fleeting ...

Now I have to say that try as I might, I could not find those little mini-albums she used. But I made the best of it and found something even cuter :D The book is a bit bigger so it's not going inside my purse. BUT I have a basket in my family room that has some of my mini-albums. It's on the top so I remember to look at it when I pass by. My kids thought I was NUTS taking all these pictures. But it sure helped me to look at my life from a new perspective. Thanks Stacy! I'm so happy with the way it turned out and the family tells me it really represents me and my day.