Extreme frustration

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There are so many gorgeous layouts in the gallery I just want to leave work and scrap. I can't help sneaking a peak at all the new layouts and wishing I had more time. I am frustrated that I have to work and I can't go home and scrap (and shop, yes, shop too). I want to create masterpieces that make the galleries a feast for the eyes and attract a million glorious comments that proclaim my mastery of scrapping (unlikely to happen, but I can hope, right?)

In short - I am counting the hours until I get home, the days until the weekend and the months and years until I retire. I scrapped for years and fell out of it. Then JILL (Yes, you, Jill) got me back into it and I am back being mortally addicted. Plus this is not doing my non-existent exercise program any good.

What are your scrapping frustrations....
 
My frustration comes from feeling like I'm not a "good enough" scrapper. My dream is to be on the site CT here at GingerScraps. When they invited a whole bunch of new people to join the CT this year, I was not one of them. So that really makes me feel like I'm not good enough and that I'm not very talented. I'm always trying to improve, but I guess I won't feel like I'm any good at this until (if ever) I become a GingerBread Girl.
 
Oh my gosh - you are the runner in the skirt :) I remember your layout about the skirt you just posted, it was wonderful. You are a lovely scrapper! Trust me, sometimes folks making CT are the scrappers of the moment and it might happen this time or next time. Don't judge your scrapping by what others do, judge it by how much you love it. Scrap for yourself and your family, or for artwork. Don't ever judge yourself by whether or not you win a contest or get on a CT squad. CT scrappers are always good, but not all good scrappers get to be on CT. Go back and look at your gallery - you have WONDERFUL pictures and you have a Sphinx cat! You are amazing. I love your work.
 
My frustration comes from feeling like I'm not a "good enough" scrapper. My dream is to be on the site CT here at GingerScraps. When they invited a whole bunch of new people to join the CT this year, I was not one of them. So that really makes me feel like I'm not good enough and that I'm not very talented. I'm always trying to improve, but I guess I won't feel like I'm any good at this until (if ever) I become a GingerBread Girl.
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I'm with Lynnie, Caylynn, you are an amazing scrapper! I LOVED the skirt you run in, I wear wild colored leggings, fluorescent shoes at the conservative gym that I work out at. I LOVE the way I dress and I'm not asking anyone else to love it unless they want to. Love yourself for the creative person that you are, the incredibly different pets you have, and that amazing husband you adore who came back from war. You obviously find great joy in running, please find that joy in your talent, because you are the only one that can tell "you" that you aren't amazing.
 
Caylynn... no way! You are an awesome scrapper! Your layouts are gorgeous and full of life. I'm sure someday soon you will reach your goal! But ditto with Lynnie and Jeanne, don't let that discourage you. Keep scrapping with your heart, stay true to your style. xoxo...

Lynnie, shhh...I scrap at work! I can't get anything done at home. So I always look forward to going to work, haha!
 
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SCRAP at work? I get to make comments on layouts at work. But scrap? Well, I do get to make game day posters and I love doing those, but they might notice if I abandon my clients and scrap instead. Let me see if I can work that out, though, great plan....
 
My extreme frustration is that I don't get more done because I AM retired :) Honestly though my biggest frustration is that I've been riding the "diet" roller coaster my entire life. From as early as I can remember I was told I had no value because I wasn't thin and I wasn't cute. Even at my thinnest, I saw a fat person who's knees were too big for short skirts and too big on top for certain shirts. A year and a half ago, my son went through an ugly, divorce and long story short, came at me screaming about what a crappy mom I was and he wished he'd been born in a different family. I've been eating myself to death since then, weigh more than I ever have, and hate myself. A friend told me several years ago, that only "I" can allow someone to take my happiness from me. I joined Weight Watchers a few weeks ago, have lost almost 12 pounds, and am working on my mindset and talking kindly to myself because I KNOW I have value and it's time for me to believe that and leave the judgmental people behind. If I don't, I am letting them take my victory from me, just like a parent took my voice from me all those years ago.

Hey, Lynnie, I bet you weren't expecting to open THIS Pandora's box! :)
 
I think it is great to share things and have a safe place to chat about stuff. I am overweight, too, but am blessed that my kids just think I am cuddly. I am doing weight watchers as well, sort of, except for the huge bag of cheese balls I just ate. I have gained a lot since David died last November. I scrap my frustrations and it is really helpful.

Ugly is a bad word created by people who cannot see very well. Take off those ordinary glasses and find your "I love Jeanne" glasses. You look lovely to me from your little avatar. However, I don't see any pics of you in your gallery, so you should scrap yourself more, and scrap the things you like about yourself and read them when you are feeling rough.

I hope things settled down with your son, but if not and you know you did your best, then scrap that, too.
 
For a long time I felt my layouts were not the best. I get great comments but never win any contests. Then I decided it does not matter if I am satisfied. Yes I sometimes do a layout that really stinks but it is okay because they all can't be great.
 
Yes I sometimes do a layout that really stinks but it is okay because they all can't be great.
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That had to have been before my time Katherine :) I've never seen anything but phenomenal!

I think in general as a society we have become more interested in the win instead of the fun of doing something. The word "game" was created for a reason.

Katherine, I so envy (in a good way) your journaling prowess, the treasure you are creating for future generations, and the mind that creates something new and different every time.
 
You are another one who does fabulous layouts. I love all the journaling you do on them. They make me feel as though I am part of your every day life. We need to get away from the self-judgement and scrap from the heart. You are all wonderful scrappers. Look at your layouts through rose coloured glasses and look for the things you love about them!
 
I am so very glad to have you around me again Lynnie :36_3_16:.

I am pretty laid back day to day, retired, old, local grandkids all now have drivers licences so no more running them to and fro:(, I have plenty of time on my hands, can scrap or paint all day if I so choose, I have numerous morning teas and lunches with friends each month. My frustration? This blankety blank slow, full, temperamental computer and our equally slow, erratic internet connection. I am in the market for a new laptop but oh the thought of the changeover does my head in!!! My other frustration is the weight thing, it is a shorter distance to jump over me than walk around...on the linedance floor I don't do the turns because I have further to go than everyone else (that's my story:))...I need to lose weight and do more exercise but I just cannot get motivated. Caylynn is my idol!
 
Well, Jill, You are the reason I am here :) I am glad I am around you and your lovely layouts and your sweet nature. I think you don't do the turns in case too much goes flying around and knocks someone out. Line dancing IS exercise. I have done it, you move around!

Caylynn is my idol too. I was thinking about taking the dog on a long lovely walk yesterday and scrapping won. I mean - moving the mouse burns calories, right? What a nice group of people we have here. I hope everyone keeps chatting.

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I am so very glad to have you around me again Lynnie :36_3_16:.

I am pretty laid back day to day, retired, old, local grandkids all now have drivers licences so no more running them to and fro:(, I have plenty of time on my hands, can scrap or paint all day if I so choose, I have numerous morning teas and lunches with friends each month. My frustration? This blankety blank slow, full, temperamental computer and our equally slow, erratic internet connection. I am in the market for a new laptop but oh the thought of the changeover does my head in!!! My other frustration is the weight thing, it is a shorter distance to jump over me than walk around...on the linedance floor I don't do the turns because I have further to go than everyone else (that's my story:))...I need to lose weight and do more exercise but I just cannot get motivated. Caylynn is my idol!
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Aww, thank you ladies. For the comments on both my scrapping skills and my exercise skills. Would you believe I was the kid who almost failed gym class? Yep. I have lousy hand-eye coordination, so most of the team sports taught in gym class were far beyond my abilities. And I was always the last one to complete the required running laps of the school gym for a warm-up. If only my gym teachers could see my today! I'm still slow, but have tonnes of endurance, which I why I mostly run long. I also found other physical activities that I could do, that didn't require that darn hand-eye coordination, like swimming, dancing, and my favourite, teaching group fitness classes.

To all of you worrying about your weight: please don't. We come in all shapes and sizes, just like we come in a wide variety of skin colours, hair colours, eye colours, and hair textures. As a dietitian, I'm a firm believer in Health At Every Size: making positive changes to be HEALTHY, not to change our natural size. Having been both the chubby kid, picked last for gym class, and the too-thin young adult, terrified of being obese, I can honestly say that embracing my natural size, as it is right now, has left me feeling the best. I appreciate my body for what it can do: run a marathon, teach a Zumba class, complete a triathlon. I don't weigh myself, as weight is irrelevant. I am healthy, and that's all the matters.
 
That is so encouraging - thank you :)

Caylynn said:
Aww, thank you ladies. For the comments on both my scrapping skills and my exercise skills. Would you believe I was the kid who almost failed gym class? Yep. I have lousy hand-eye coordination, so most of the team sports taught in gym class were far beyond my abilities. And I was always the last one to complete the required running laps of the school gym for a warm-up. If only my gym teachers could see my today! I'm still slow, but have tonnes of endurance, which I why I mostly run long. I also found other physical activities that I could do, that didn't require that darn hand-eye coordination, like swimming, dancing, and my favourite, teaching group fitness classes.

To all of you worrying about your weight: please don't. We come in all shapes and sizes, just like we come in a wide variety of skin colours, hair colours, eye colours, and hair textures. As a dietitian, I'm a firm believer in Health At Every Size: making positive changes to be HEALTHY, not to change our natural size. Having been both the chubby kid, picked last for gym class, and the too-thin young adult, terrified of being obese, I can honestly say that embracing my natural size, as it is right now, has left me feeling the best. I appreciate my body for what it can do: run a marathon, teach a Zumba class, complete a triathlon. I don't weigh myself, as weight is irrelevant. I am healthy, and that's all the matters.
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To all of you worrying about your weight: please don't. We come in all shapes and sizes, just like we come in a wide variety of skin colours, hair colours, eye colours, and hair textures. As a dietitian, I'm a firm believer in Health At Every Size: making positive changes to be HEALTHY, not to change our natural size. Having been both the chubby kid, picked last for gym class, and the too-thin young adult, terrified of being obese, I can honestly say that embracing my natural size, as it is right now, has left me feeling the best. I appreciate my body for what it can do: run a marathon, teach a Zumba class, complete a triathlon. I don't weigh myself, as weight is irrelevant. I am healthy, and that's all the matters.
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I know you are right, Caylynn, your attitude is where I want to get to. It's my mindset that is my biggest enemy which is why I'm working hard at age 65 to change it. I was you also when I was growing up, and I still have terrible eye hand coordination. It's really tough when I listen to my friend talk about overweight people as if they don't deserve her air and there I am :( Add to that, I'm Catholic, she can't stand Catholics and I wonder why a couples we are best friends. I'm making headway though, I actually said out loud to a couple of people, that I joined Weight Watchers. That is huge for me. I think you need to start up a fitness group in the forum, :yell (HINT) accountability is something I need.
 
Hey y'all! Caylynn heard our cries, whines? and started a thread in the forum https://forums.gingerscraps.net/sho...-1-2017-What-did-you-do-for-fitness-this-week

Coordination, OMG, hands, eyes, feet......I have NONE! I tried step classes, years ago, I was going up when everyone else was going down.....left when they were right.....and on and on. Absolutely no way I could do zumba. I have some serious back issues, watched my dad using a cane at my age because of hip replacement he just quit doing anything. Went from cane to walker to motorized scooter. That is NOT going to be me.
 
I absolutely share your frustration! There is never enough time in the day for all the scrapping that I would like to do! I am hoping to catch up some this summer but yes I know that is a long ways away!!
 
This thread caught my eye, and I've read all the posts, getting so much inspiration from all of you!! What a great group of amazing scrappers here. I've only recently gotten into the GS challenges, and only commented in a few forum threads, but I know some of the names here, and I get the NICEST notifications when my hubby posts my layouts here and forgets to remove any nonGS links! (Yes, I showed hubby how to post to store galleries and open galleries for me! More scrapping time!!! Yay!!)

My weight is totally frustrating me right now also. I'm not in a good place with it. And I'm not feeling much inclination to try to eat better or exercise. :-( So I hear you on that! If there were a magic pill I'd be first in line.

Work has been frustrating also. My job dissolved last November, unexpectedly, and I was lucky enough to be 'recruited' to a very dynamic, relatively interesting position, that it turns out I'm pretty good at. My boss is a micromanager though, and there are multiple issues because of her. it's kept me far too stressed. Scrapping is my therapy.

I'm so fortunate to have a husband that understands when I need to decompress, and he doesn't complain when I scrap for hours on a weekend.

I also convert templates to .page files for several designers, besides the CT's I'm on, and I'd really rather scrap than convert right now, but he hasn't been getting paid for work the last 3 months. Trying to tighten up when we are also trying to plan for retirement (10 years - far too long!) means I have to be careful not to spend to much frivolously.

I know I'm throwing far too much into just one post, but I have a few minutes, and I wanted to thank you all who post the sweetest comments on my layouts, and to tell you that GS has been making me happy. Oh - and I LOVE Caylynn's layouts too!!!!!
 
KatherineWoodin said:
For a long time I felt my layouts were not the best. I get great comments but never win any contests. Then I decided it does not matter if I am satisfied. Yes I sometimes do a layout that really stinks but it is okay because they all can't be great.
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I love your pages, and the ones you journal are so great. You've created a wonderful journal of your life and your family. I so enjoy reading them!
 
My frustration is that I don't find the time to do more scrapping. I work full time and when I get home I am with my family so by the time I can sit down to the computer it's quite late...and than I don't want to do anything. Most of my scrapping is usually done at night or on the weekends. I wish I had time to learn new techniques, like better shadows or things like that.

I used to be frustrated about not being picked for CT's, especially when someone would be on half a dozen or more and than on several site stores. I would get so upset when the email would come back with thanks but no thanks. I finally stopped applying and just started scrapping for me and it's made me much happier. If I like the page, that's all that matters to me any more.

I'm so glad that I've found GS and become more active, it's the nicest place and the most active forum and gallery around.
 
I am frustrated because I desperately want to scrap and LIFE is getting in the way. I keep volunteering for stuff... ANd it is always a massive amount of work :) I forget what I have done this year, but it has been a lot, on top of losing a child last November. I organized a tea with proper china and home made tea and sandwiches for 125 women, for example, and I am in the middle of working on my 45th High School Reunion. I scrapped about 400+ slides for our video, plus a memorial board, which had over 40 mini pages on - one for each grad who had died. I made the coolest name tags and poster boards - all of them scrapped. I have loved every minute of it, but I can't wait to get back to scrapping. I might upload some of these things I did at some point... I also work a lot of hours, so I have not even had time to comment on layouts in the gallery - which I love to do.

The reunion is Saturday and then my life is my own. HAHAHAHAHAHAH! Just Kidding, I am sure I will get myself into another project. But I will sincerely try NOT to at this point.
 
NOt to mention scrapping the darlingest things for my daughter's ex-boyfriend's fiancee's baby shower.....

But that, my dears, is a story for another day...
 
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