Hi everyone! It’s the start of a new month, and that means a new crop of challenges in the forums here at The Digital Press. Each month we create a series of blog posts and challenges that correspond with one word. This month, we chose the word SAVOR (or SAVOUR if you’re not from the USA like me!).

“Savor” can be interpreted many different ways and we would love to have you join us as we investigate these different aspects through our scrapbooking.

I personally gravitated towards the “Once she stopped rushing through life, she was amazed how much more life she had time for” and “stop the glorification of busy” word art. I was thinking about how this feeling of overwhelm and overcommitment sometimes consumes me. When those times hit, I know I have to reevaluate and adjust. Taking time to savor slowness or the slowing down of a hectic pace is really important!

There have been other times in my life when time was already going slowly (like when I had three children 16 months and younger), and I had to remember to savor and take joy in the little, seemingly mundane moments and tasks that filled my days during that season of life. I’m grateful for the role of memory keeping in my life then as well. I wrote things down and took lots of photos of everyday events so I could savor them, either in the moment or several years later, as I do now.

This is what helps me slow down currently: working in the kitchen, my happy place.

So, what about you? Will you take some time to savor slowing down? Is there something you have or do that helps you slow down? Is your life already slow and you’re looking to savor some of those slow moments? I’m hosting a challenge over on the forums at The Digital Press and I hope you will come play along! Check it out at The Drawing Board: Challenges. See you there!

 

About the Author: Amy is a wife and mom to three from Ontario, Canada. She’s always been interested in scrapbooking, but didn’t try digiscrapping until 2008 when she received PSE for her birthday. By then she had 1 year old twins and a baby, so the thought of just playing for 10 minutes, hitting save and walking away with no mess was extremely appealing! She’s been hooked ever since. She loves being the memory keeper in the family, loves taking photos, loves telling the stories. She’s also excited to know that these memories are recorded for her grandchildren to enjoy someday!