For the Love of Lists

April 11, 2013 | Leave a comment

Sometimes journaling is hard. We may want to scrap a certain photo, or share a story, but the words might not come easily. Sometimes, you fall in love with a kit and don’t even have a photo that might work with it. Sometimes you want to make a page and not clutter it up with a bunch of words or a full story. And maybe, just maybe… you end up with a mental block and can’t even think of a direction to go with a page. Chances are, you have a ton of hidden material tucked inside just waiting to come out.

Lists are a great tool for those times when you just feel stuck or don’t know what to say. You don’t have to use a lot of words. You don’t have to tell a full story. You don’t even need a picture. And you can find the idea for lists just about anywhere and everywhere. You could even scrap your to-do lists or shopping lists.

Lists work if you are scrapping traditional pages, art journal pages or even Project Life pages. Total versatility.

I just purchased Listography Journal: Your Life in Lists by Lisa Nola.

It is a fun book that you can fill out, and it has a lot of great illustrations.

There is a whole series of these books: Music, Movies, Friends, Love, My Future, and Parenthood.

Moorea Seal generates a new list topic every Tuesday (in 2013). She includes a PDF that you can print, fill out and share by #52lists2013. These would be great to scrap/journal.

Here are a few other ideas:

• Playlists (from different periods of your life)
• Favorite teachers/mentors
• Closest relatives
• Friends & online buddies (along with the years you were friends)
• Exes (you can include your favorite/least favorite thing about them)
• Horrible and/or funny dates
• Clothing styles/fads you went through
• What is currently in your purse/bag
• Groups you belong (have belonged) to
• Volunteer activities past/present/future
• Typical chores throughout the week and who does what (and/or list favorite and least favorite chores)
• Interesting co-workers
• Strange requests you’ve received
• Your accomplishments
• Interesting classes you’ve taken

What would you list?