I'm feeling super stoked about finishing up a project that I had put off for YEARS (seriously, I procrastinated for more than 10 years) - sorting, scanning, and digitizing my printed photographs. It was a daunting project with multiple steps, plus many hours of research and lots of focus and motivation. After scanning 1,223 photos, I learned a thing or two along the way...

Many people store photographs in plastic bags, shoe boxes, envelopes from the photo developing company, and in those old albums with sticky plastic pages. I was no exception, until two years ago when I chose to remove all of my photos from the various photo albums I had acquired throughout the years and transfer them into…