how do you keep up....

[jaylensmom]

with all the challenges here on the blogs? my head is spinning trying to figure out how you all do it...tell me your secret please :)

[Shawna]

I have to keep a list in my lil notebook of the ones I want to do each month & check them off as I go! Otherwise I'd probably never be able to remember them all! But at least Karen makes it so easy to check your layouts/points with the Challenge Tracker, she's awesome!

[Tracyfish]

I have a list in front of me and everytime a new one is added I put it on there. Then I just highlight them so I know which ones I did for the month.

[ColleenSwerb]

I like to do the list thing too. Then I know which challenge is which (like the one word is "love", Scrap with the sugarbabes is Friends, Pop Rocks is websites, etc, etc. I like to keep them in the same order that Karen puts them up too, so I know what ones are older.

[BrattyMeg]

I just remember days for the challenges I do. For SSD just remember a new set of challenges go up every wednesday. (alternating challenges-NEW challenge of same topic every other week).

Hodge Podge is Tuesday. DigiDares is Friday, Traci Reed blog ch is Thursdays, etc

[Joan]

with all the challenges here on the blogs? my head is spinning trying to figure out how you all do it...tell me your secret please :)Haha, I don't! So, yeah, I'm with you right now and have a spinning head. Clearly I need a better method, lol!

Lists are good, and I used to try and keep a notepad by the computer, so I'll probably do that and see how it goes. Still, I doubt I'll get done anywhere near what all these gals do, as I am so sloooow!

[my4boys]

A list is the way to go for sure, I do the same and it makes it so much easier. Plus I get on the site right away every morning and check for new posts and continue to do that throughout the day until I go to bed......It works for me and I also don't forget giving LOVE to all the great layouts that get posted throughout the day as well.

[sczos911]

I use the list method, too. :)

[ColleenSwerb]

We're not really giving too many options huh? LOL!

[Chels85]

I keep a notebook with a list of challenges too

[ZaCola3]

I just remember...like Meg, the days of the week. I always remember SSD because I have been doing them for so long!

[chloe]

I also have the list method... but more geek-ish since I keep it on my PDA as a task. I have a task for each challenge, repeating every other weeks on the date when the new one will be up. I list the topic in an added note, and delete the notes as I get them done! Still, it's hard work: those girls are pretty creative!! LOL

[newfiemountiewife]

I sort of am disorganized LOL

I go through Karen's list, see what I haven't done, then pick whatever strikes me at the time. I kind of know in my head what I have and haven't done, but I do forget LOL

[mrs_jb]

I was just thinking this also! I'm a newbie to the challenges and definitely need to get organized!

[ColleenSwerb]

I also have the list method... but more geek-ish since I keep it on my PDA as a task. I have a task for each challenge, repeating every other weeks on the date when the new one will be up. I list the topic in an added note, and delete the notes as I get them done! Still, it's hard work: those girls are pretty creative!! LOL

Chloe I totally decided to keep a notepad file on my flashdrive and update that as I go. Much eaiser since I scrap at home and at work, lol. So I'll be a geek with ya!

[meems]

oh good thread. I have no method, just madness LOL. I check Karen's challenge tracker thread and that is about it. But I feel very unorganized. A list . . . gee, why didn't I think of that?

[Hom74]

When I used to do challenges lol, I would have a folder for each site. Then within that...have a folder set up for each challenge and I usually named it starting w/the deadline first. Like for TOTM...it would be named "022908_TOTM". That way the ones that have an earlier deadline are closer to the top of the list. But I guess I wouldn't do that hear b/c all the challenge pretty much have the same 'deadline'

I would then at times place photos that may work for the challenge and scrap when I have the time. The folder gets deleted after I've scrapped and have posted the LO.

[Stacey42]

I have a sheet stuck in my day timer every month called "Sweet Shoppe Challenges" and I write them down as I see them & check them off as I complete them. I also write down anything I buy on Saturdays to remnid myself to use them in the coming week for the bonus point.

[nun69]

I do what Jaime does...I try to do them in order and if nothing strikes me I go to the next one and then go back...but I have only been doing them since Jan, so I might not last to long with this method!

[jaylensmom]

When I used to do challenges lol, I would have a folder for each site. Then within that...have a folder set up for each challenge and I usually named it starting w/the deadline first. Like for TOTM...it would be named "022908_TOTM". That way the ones that have an earlier deadline are closer to the top of the list. But I guess I wouldn't do that hear b/c all the challenge pretty much have the same 'deadline'

I would then at times place photos that may work for the challenge and scrap when I have the time. The folder gets deleted after I've scrapped and have posted the LO.

i may have to try this...

[Joan]

When I used to do challenges lol, I would have a folder for each site. Then within that...have a folder set up for each challenge and I usually named it starting w/the deadline first. Like for TOTM...it would be named "022908_TOTM". That way the ones that have an earlier deadline are closer to the top of the list. But I guess I wouldn't do that hear b/c all the challenge pretty much have the same 'deadline'

I would then at times place photos that may work for the challenge and scrap when I have the time. The folder gets deleted after I've scrapped and have posted the LO.Okay, Karen wins! I think I'm going to have to try her method. Just so no one else feels left out, don't worry, I'll probably write a list too! I may stop short of an actual notebook, though, and just go with my time honoured tradition of jotting it down on the little scraps of paper I like to keep scattered around my computer... those ones that I lose just as I actually really need them! lolol...

[amyb]

I sort of am disorganized LOL

I go through Karen's list, see what I haven't done, then pick whatever strikes me at the time. I kind of know in my head what I have and haven't done, but I do forget LOL

I do the same thing...I just keep a list of what I've done and then go back and check against Karen's to see what I still want to do.

[melrio]

Boy, I'm in trouble then. My list is a post-it on my PC. Then I double-check against Karen's list and then check my gallery to make sure. It's my mass confusion method. LOL

[Valgal]

Wow... you girls keep track of challenges for mulitple sites? You can tell how long it's been since I've been out there scrapping, lol!

Ahh... I have much to learn. ;)

[ditzyscrap]

I may stop short of an actual notebook, though, and just go with my time honoured tradition of jotting it down on the little scraps of paper I like to keep scattered around my computer... those ones that I lose just as I actually really need them! lolol...
Glad to know I'm not the only one with this method of organization. ;) Although, I have 4 notebooks as well as all the little pieces of paper, and even then I can't find which notebook and which PAGE in the notebook that I wrote something. Sigh...

Anyhow, back when I did all the challenges from everywhere, especially the blog challenges, I would just mark/star them in my blog reader and know I had to go back to them. Though I never kept up. LOL!

[Joan]

Glad to know I'm not the only one with this method of organization. ;) Although, I have 4 notebooks as well as all the little pieces of paper, and even then I can't find which notebook and which PAGE in the notebook that I wrote something. Sigh...Hehe, nope, you're not the only one. I exaggerated it somewhat, as I do use notebooks too. Actually, sounds like our overall methods are eerily similar, lol. The thing with the notebooks, is I pack them around with me and leave them all over the house. Beside the bed, on the ottoman or couch, etc. Then I either forget where I left it exactly, or I'm too lazy to go and find it, so I grab one of those trusty little scraps, with full intentions of putting the info somewhere more permanent later... and I'm sure you know how that usually goes... ;)

I did grab one of those notebooks and write the challenges down in it though... go me! And I think I'm going to make a challenges folder and try out Karen's method. I like the idea of copying photos I think might work into a particular challenge folder.