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I have had my X-Pen graphic drawing tablet for a while now and this is where I am. 😬 My handwriting is still a mess and I need to practice more. I'm currently using Canva Pro and for me, it is good enough alternative to Photoshop which now has a monthly subscription. The standalone one-time purchase is no longer possible.😢

As someone who wants to work smart, not hard, I prefer to make my life easy by using our current technology to organize my photos. I downloaded the Google Photos app on all our gadgets and enabled the backup and sync feature. Each time I take a picture using a gadget, it will automatically upload it to my Google account.

And because I don't want to be bothered with complicated photo editing that takes a lot of time sometimes, I used Snapseed, and it will auto-adjust the version of the photo that I uploaded.

I also set up Snapseed to have a ready preset that I can choose from. No need to tweak it manually. Google Photos automatically organizes my photos by date, as you can see in this screenshot.

You may ask, "What happens to all those photos once uploaded?" Well, I use Canva to create a photo collage or whatever size I need in my scrapbook projects and print them all. Yes. That is correct. I already have 14k++ photos that have a physical copy. No photos left behind on our gadgets because I delete them monthly to save space and to start fresh. It feels like a fresh roll of camera film.

Many years ago, A dear friend of mine taught me the basics of computer programming. I have zero knowledge, but I was determined to learn a new skill. Coding requires a lot, and I mean tons of patience. The ability to stare at a computer screen for hours, creating instructions for a computer to perform specific tasks. It's time-consuming, with never-ending challenges and frustration in between, but the biggest moment is being able to semi-successfully solve a very complex problem, just like today.

I was just adding a new code for a future recipe entry, but somehow, I deleted something, and the code no longer works as intended.😕 I tried retrieving it, checking my notes for that specific code, but yeah, I couldn't make it work, and the problem worsened. Tried another method, and the picture below 👇 happened.

I am stuck. disgruntled about that one move I made. Out of frustration, I messaged my friend and ranted about it. Went out of our room and joined my family, and sang Happy Birthday to my niece. She's 5 today. How time passed by. Went back to our room with a bowl of chocolate cake. I ate while staring at our ceiling, thinking about what option to take. Sometimes, solutions take a while because the need to equate the possible outcome can determine if I need to make a plan B or plan C.

After determining the risk I'm willing to take to resolve my coding problem, I moved forward and hit enter. It works from the frontside of my blog. Readers will not even notice there is something wrong with my Recipe Archive, but I know that there is, and I'm still trying to figure out how to make the code more efficient for me in the coming days.

When it comes to taking selfies, I have to admit that I'm really bad at it. I don't like the idea of taking a photo of myself but I truly love the idea of taking photos of things and people I love so much. They are the reason why I love memory keeping. I, on the other hand, love the creative process and think that I don't need to take my photo while doing it. So wrong of me to think that way. I also need to be visible in my passion once in a while and that is when I discovered the TimerCam App. This app is so straightforward that I don't need to think about how to use it. You just press the camera icon and will give you 5 seconds to get ready and it's done. Easy peasy lemon squeezy. 😄

p.s.

excuse my red eyes as I have eye allergies due to dust. No matter how much I vacuum during this time of the year (It's Summer now here in the Philippines) we still accumulate tons of dust. 😞

Organizing my books in categories is no longer enough ever since I discovered Wholesale Books Ph. They have a really good selection of books and the reader in me can't stop from buying. My number one worry is I might duplicate my copies. I am just a reader and I'm not really planning to sell books right now.

Good thing, I discovered Bookshelf app that can track my physical books without me digitally digging into it like what I've done before with GoodReads. Wholesale Books Ph do live selling and deciding whether you want a book or not is very crucial. I don't have a lot of time to check GoodReads which sometimes loads forever on my phone. By the time, I read the synopsis, someone already got the book.

This app is a game-changer for me. I can easily check what titles I have by author's Name. Such an awesome tracker. The best part of it is, that the books can be organized the way I like them (book covers only show when you do a search.) Easy for me to spot what I already have.

Originally, my supplies are organized in my drive F by categories. This setup works for me for a while.

But eventually, I accumulated a lot again. It drives me nuts to think that I am back to where I started. I need to do something about it. And so I did. I deleted 80% of my supplies and transferred them to the cloud. The deleting part is the hardest as I wonder if I might use it in the future. But my inner self talks me out of that scenario and put me back to the present reality that I am not using based on my past projects this year. It's just there on my drive waiting for me. They needed to be deleted.

After a few days, here is my cloud drive. It feels so good to see those numbers in my folders. Reminding me to focus more on creating more projects with minimal supplies.

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