Another Monday, another Scrap Happy post. Do you scrapbook because it is fun? I do. Sometimes I hear scrapbookers talk about how they are “finally caught up” or are “two years behind.” I’d rather be “two years behind” than “caught up.” Why, you might ask? Well, if I have everything I want scrapbooked, then what? I enjoy scrapbooking. It is unimportant to me if I am “caught up.” Don’t get me wrong, I am happy that a couple of months ago, I finally finished my New York City album about a trip we took in 2007. I am also glad, that I have just about all my photos from 2009 scrapbooked. (Yes, I am a semi-chronological scrapbooker.) If I were completely caught up with my scrapbooking, I’d have to find something else to do. To me it also implies that life has become very boring because nothing appears to be scrapworthy. Embracing scrapbooking is a way to be serious about play.
If you want to read more about The Happiness Project or my Scrap Happy Project, check out the other posts in the Scrap Happy series.
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Stephanie
Stephanie Medley-Rath is a sociologist and scrapbooker who studies scrapbooking and memory keeping. Scrapworthy Lives is a blog focused on her sociological analysis of scrapbooking, with a sprinkling of posts about Stephanie's own scrapbooking projects.
