A card from Fair Play by Eve Rodsky
Memories & Photos
God bless those parents who make photo albums every year and who can rest assured that if the basement flooded, all their old photos are scanned and backed up in the cloud. No need to aim that high, but if you hold this card, your family’s lifelong memories are nevertheless in your hands. When a photo collage is needed for “Student of the Week,” it’s time to cue the music . . . and kiss some of your time goodbye. When the boxes of your child’s artwork that you’ve been collecting since kindergarten threaten to take over every wall in your home, it’s time to consult with the “Storage” and “Organizing” cardholder. Do we keep it all or secretly recycle?
Holding this card means owning all three
Conception
Does your family have photos?
Planning
- Researching photo storage and backup options: cloud options by storage fees and functionality, and/or hard drive
- Signing up for cloud accounts, including managing usernames and passwords
- Arranging family photo shoots
Execution
- Taking pictures
- Organizing digital photos into folders
- Creating photo books and/or printing photos
- Digitizing old photos (scan, upload, file)
- Creating home videos / photo montages
Suggested Minimum Standard of Care
Are the appropriate photos readily accessible when you need them? Are you capturing memories you desire?
A starting point. You and your partner agree the real standard together, and the holder meets it without reminders.
Holding it well
- The holder owns all of it: noticing, planning and doing. No “just tell me what to do.”
- Agree the Minimum Standard of Care together, then let the holder meet it their way.
- Not working? Bring it to the weekly check-in and re-deal it. Don’t take it back mid-week.
Put this card on your table
Deal it, agree its standard, and see who holds what. Free.