If you have ever found yourself aggressively whisper-yelling through a clenched jaw, “Just look at the camera and smile for two seconds,” you are not alone. The traditional family photo is practically an Olympic sport. You bribe toddlers. You coordinate…
It is Easter Sunday. You spent three hours wrangling everyone into matching pastel outfits. You bribed your toddler with jellybeans and yelled “Just smile!” through gritted teeth. The resulting family photo is beautiful, but every time you look at it,…
If you open the drawer of my nightstand, you will find it. It is a beautiful, linen-bound notebook. The first three pages are filled with thoughtful paragraphs about my family. The remaining 197 pages are completely blank. If you have…
It takes a surprising amount of effort to look like you do not care. If you have ever spent twenty minutes agonizing over which blurry image perfectly balances a selfie to make your online photo dump look effortlessly casual, you…
\n It takes 45 minutes, three group chats, and intense anxiety to post a “casual” photo dump. Social media turned photos into a performance, and the pressure to curate your life for strangers is exhausting. You want to remember your…
We all know how a milestone group trip ends. You wait at the baggage claim, and someone texts the group chat asking everyone to drop their photos in an album. Three weeks later, there are 842 unorganized photos sitting in…
Somewhere in your house, there is a beautiful, expensive baby book. The first three pages are meticulously filled out. The rest are completely blank. If this sounds familiar, take a deep breath. You are not alone. Between tracking sleep, feeding,…
It is 9 PM. The house is finally quiet. You sit down at the kitchen table and stare at a blank notebook, trying to summon the energy to write down three good things that happened today. Text journaling feels like…
You scroll through your camera roll looking for a good throwback. You find 400 screenshots, 12 identical pictures of your dog, and nothing that actually shows what your life felt like a year ago. We take more photos than any…
You start on January 1st with a burst of energy. By January 14th, you miss a day. By February, the project is dead. The 365 photo challenge is notorious for burning people out. You want a visual record of your…