What are your photo/scrap goals for 2012? (long)

[KateD]

I've been thinking a lot lately about what's worked for me in the past (and what hasn't) and trying to decide what my photo/scrap goals are for next year.

What I did in 2011

I tried P365 this year and realized that I just didn't enjoy it very much. I made a month's worth of pages, but just wasn't sure that I wanted to print out an entire album of these weekly pages, especially since so many of the photos could be incorporated into my regular pages. What I did like about P365 is that it got me taking pictures of all sorts of things - and I've kept that up even though I didn't stick with the project.

I signed up for a bunch of photo and scrap classes this year and made it through some of them. I picked up a bunch of workshops at BPC when they had their 50% off sale and haven't even had a chance to look at them yet.

I also purchased a lot of kits that I haven't used yet.

Looking forward to 2012

Noticing a trend? I do. I think my primary goal for 2012 is going to be to follow through with the stuff that I started and didn't finish in 2011, although there are a couple of new things that I'd like to try.

New 52 - I like the concept of trying something new every week. I'm not sure if this is something I'll photograph or scrap every week, but I'll try to do 52 new things and at least make a summary page at the end of the year.

120 - This was inspired by a project that someone mentioned on The DigiShow. I don't remember whose idea it was originally, but it was mentioned about a project 6x12 where the person was going to take a photo of their entire family once a month. I really like that idea - especially since we typically only take one or two family photos a year. I want to expand it a bit, though, to make sure that I get photos of me & my hubby and one good photo of each of us individually each month. So... 4x12 (family) + 2x12 (me and hubby) + 1x12 + 1x12 + 1x12 + 1x12 (individuals) =10x12 or 120. No particular goals for scrapping these photos as a project, I'll just use them on my regular layouts. I just want to try to take more photos of our family and us as a couple.

Monthly Roundup - I really like the idea of these monthly roundups that Katie Nelson does. I think I'm going to try doing something similar. Definitely for me and I may try to adapt it for my kids, too. Again, I'm not sure if it's something I'll scrapbook on a monthly basis, but I'd love having the record of those things that we did/liked every month.

Besides those new things, I want to continue/finish projects that I started in 2011:

I took Stacy Julian's 'Finding Photo Freedom' class and want to get back into the habit of working with my photos several times a week - keeping up with tagging my new photos as well as continuing to go through my older ones.

SSD Portfolio - I started the year strong doing the portfolio, but just kind of petered out. I've been looking back at my portfolio layouts and I love them, so I really want to get back into doing them. Not so much for the discount, although that's nice, but because I've made some pages that I love that I wouldn't have made without it.

Classes - I want to work through all the classes I purchased in 2011 and either didn't finish or haven't looked at yet. The classes are aimed at improving both my photography and scrapping skills. The end result - pages I love even more than the ones I make now!

Scrap supplies - I really want to use the supplies I have in my stash, many of which I haven't used at all. My ultimate goal is to use each kit once for each dollar I paid for it, but I'd be happy if I end 2012 with half as many (or even 2/3 as many) kits that I haven't even used once. I think I have 131 unused kits now (after GGG), so it will take a lot of scrapping to reach that goal, especially since I won't be able to resist buying new supplies, too.

I'm trying to keep my goals pretty easy for next year because most of all I just want to enjoy this hobby. I think I'm right on the border of "just enough" and "too much". So, at the risk of hearing something else that I just have to do...

What about you?

What are your photo/scrap goals for 2012? What worked for you (or not) this year and what do you want to do next year?