Curate Your Family’s Photos, Videos, and Other Memories
Imagine yourself as the curator of your family’s story told through photos, videos, handwritten letters, and other documents. If you’re trying to declutter, it’s better to think of curating instead of saving and organizing. Why? It’s a subtle mental shift. When you curate your family’s history, you’re picking and choosing what memories that you’re make […]
The Man with No Memories
You realize that family photos are a treasure when they’re missing from your life This post is from Don Simkovich, the co-author of our upcoming book, Declutter Your Photos, Secure Your Legacy. He’s an adoptive dad and young grandfather who reflects on one of his kids who never had a photos or videos taken during […]
The Best Way to Store Photos for Permanent, Long-Term Storage
What’s the best way to store printed photos and photos on your phone for long-term? An online article on CNET says you don’t need to pay a monthly subscription for cloud storage. Instead, this writer uses an external hard drive instead of keeping photos stored on a phone or paying a subscription to store in […]
Disasters and Memories: Evacuating the Eaton Fire a Year Ago
Excerpt from Decluttering Your Photos, Securing Your Legacy (co-authored by Melody Whitehead and Don Simkovich) Note from Melody: January 7 is the one year anniversary of the Eaton Fire that tore through Altadena within minutes after the blaze started. More than 6,000 homes were destroyed in Altadena, a community of 44,000 people and a place […]
QUICK! For your Legacy’s Sake, Safeguard Your Family Genealogy NOW! (Before Time Slips Away)
I can put in everything: the photos, documents, audio, video, anything that there is in media and I can arrange it in chronological order.
Clear Your Photo Clutter: the Power of Only Two Photos
You don’t need to save all your memories and, to be honest, you don’t want to try and save all your memories
How to Record Your Family’s History for Future Generations
Cloud storage using FOREVER is the safest way I know to safeguard your most meaningful memories for generations to come.
The Surprising Emotional Benefits of Researching Your Family History
Does your family feel fractured and scattered across the country? Here’s a way to feel more emotionally stable by bringing your family together and having a sense of connection to the past and future: Research your family’s history and the many emotional benefits like my husband, Gerald, did. You might think you don’t want anything […]
Here’s How You Curate Your Family’s Memories to Safeguard Them for Future Visitors
The process of decluttering and digitizing family photos is like curating a museum or art gallery exhibit and setting it up for future visitors.
Declutter and Digitize Photos, Videos, and Other Memories with Friends
Ever feel overwhelmed when you think about family photos, videos, and your other memories? Are they easy to get to or are they scattered in different boxes and locations like your closet, the garage, or a storage unit? I love looking at family photos and imagining the stories of family members from a hundred years […]