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July, August & September
Summer 2024
When we add -ing to a verb it most often expresses imminent or continuous action—as in listening, learning, playing and creating—our 2024 seasonal themes. As a community we are taking action this year in ways that will change and enable us to influence for good the people, places and things we love.
I relish in the idea credited to Diane Ackerman that, “Play is our brain’s favorite way of learning” especially as we are coming off a season of learning! Let’s use July, August and September to continue leaning as we intentionally play with the people we love, play in and around memorable places and play with things that bring and create JOY. Abraham Maslow believed that, “Almost all creativity involves purposeful play” and so do I because the truth is we tend to make almost everything too hard and we take it all far too seriously. During our Summer 2024 season in Live Your Story we are playing on purpose just for the FUN (and enhanced creativity) of it!
Rote the Quote
Each season we work on memorizing powerful and positive words.
Before each live session, we read and eventually recite (until they are rote) the words of a quote.
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“We are never more fully alive, more completely ourselves, or more deeply engrossed in anything than when we are playing.”
Let’s read a book!
Wreck This Journal, by Keri Smith
Five very important words and extremely good advice, especially where playing is encouraged are: RELEASE ALL ATTACHMENT TO OUTCOME.
These are words you will read in the introduction to our Summer book, created by Keri Smith and now celebrating with its color edition, ten years of unleashing and letting loose.
During the summer of 2007, I taught Have More FUN at Big Picture Scrapbooking and discovered the Wreck This Journal movement. If you’ve ever succumbed to indecision, struggled with perfectionism, or just wanted to feel more playful, this is your season and this is your book!
🩵 Summer Book Club: Thursday, September 26th at 4:30PM PT Watch Replay on YouTube
NOTE: You can watch Spring’s bookclub replay on YouTube.
Let’s make projects!
2024 Album
There’s been some chatter about a yearlong class I taught at Big Picture Classes during 2012—it was appropriately titled, Twelve and it was a very FUN and very productive time. Well, it’s been twelve years and 2024 seems to be calling to us in a similar way. So, rather than seasonal projects, this year I’m proposing a yearlong effort involving a stand alone Photos I Love album, lots of questions and 24 personal stories.
In the spirit of remembering and reminiscing, here’s a throwback video with a guest appearance from my daughter, Addie—and here’s the PDF overview, so you can start thinking. For those who love a challenge, here’s a Project24 Scavenger Hunt. Print it and follow the instructions for an extra element of FUN.
Watch the replay of our overview and planning session!
Bonus Content
Rock Your Scroll
Want to enjoy Photo Freedom on your smart phone? As a member of Live Your Story, you have access to replays of FIVE LIVE sessions, where Stacy teaches the principles of plan, purge, prioritize, categorize and share with a mobile workflow!
Click HERE and enter the password: mobilerock