ReEvaluating

Well this is probably going to be a long one. This last weekend I have been reevaluating why I scrap. I was in the Last Scrapper Standing Contest on the J4K website. It was round two and it was really tough for me. When I finished, I felt that I was in pretty good shape in going to the next round. Well needless to say I didn't. Now I am not going to lie and say I wasn't hurt. In fact I felt like a failure. I have worked so hard in becoming a "great" scrapper that I felt like I had done it for nothing. Then I took a deep breath and sat down and did some thinking. Yes I know shocking! Well this is what I came up with. The LSSC is based on other people's opinions. They are not experts, they are just people who vote for what they like. Another thing. Why do I scrap? Do I do it to get praise from others or am I doing this to preserve my memories for my family. I have to admit I was leaning to the former on this one. I think I got so caught up in contests and Design Teams and stuff like that, that I just lost focus on why I really do this. So with that in mind for the future, I think I will take it less to heart on what other people think, as my friend once told me "refuse to be offended.", and more of how my family will enjoy looking at the memories I preserved for them, with them in mind.