Unfortunately, I am really, really good at starting projects - which then drag on forever because I lose interest, rapidly. These days, I'm trying to get all of my bird sighting records onto spreadsheets so that I can throw 60 years' worth of paper listings. Wish me well!
Other documentation efforts that have hung fire:
- Photos from Hunky Husband's and my families, some of which are over 100 years old. I'm trying to get them all scanned and organized so that someone who doesn't recognize the people who are in the photos, by sight, can make sense out of it all. Truly, I don't know why I even wish to do this. Obviously, I don't recognize some of the people in the older photos.
- Letters and cards accumulated over my lifetime. I started recording data from them into spreadsheets, scanning some, sending some of the letters to surviving children of the writers, etc. In theory, if successful, this project will get about 10-20 boxes of paperwork out of our basement!
- Genealogy. I don't even want to talk about this. I've never been interested and only became involved when Elder Brother threw up his hands and sent me his electronic files. (It took a few years before I even got around to finding the right software to open his file.)
Non-documentation efforts that have hung fire:
- Quilt making
- Getting rid of accumulated needlework materials such as yarns, knitting needles, etc.
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