It’s been another crazy month in our world and there are plenty of things to document right now. I hope you will take some time to do a month-end review so you can keep track of all the details. This is what I refer to as a “roundup” and it’s a great way to gather your thoughts and memories from the past month and put them into an easy to access format. I just use a few simple prompts to get organized with this monthly activity.

I have to admit that roundups have been a bit challenging these last few months with all that is going on in the world. I’m dedicated to recording our family’s history though and that includes the good and the bad. This is such an important time to document and I’m truly grateful for this habit that I established more than 14 years ago of recapping each month. You can read about my roundup prompts and tasks here.

I used digital scrapbook pages as the format for my roundup.

Well, we have almost made it through May and now it’s time to bid farewell to the month and take a minute to recap our memories. This simple little routine has made a big difference in my memory keeping life. I hope you will give it a try. It’s super easy. I follow a simple set of prompts each month and now I have added a few COVID-19 related items as well.

I finally got my April roundup done! I ended up putting together 2 pages so I could capture a lot of what happened during the month. Not only did we have a pandemic going on, but we had a few more 4.2 earthquakes and more than 1,000 aftershocks. What a crazy time!

Another month is coming to end and I want to remember the details of my life during April of 2020. It was a doozy of a month and will definitely be one I remember for a very long time. Doing roundups is a monthly ritual of mine since January of 2006. I just take a few minutes to close out the month by recording the everyday details. It’s been the most valuable tool in my memory keeping arsenal.

I follow a simple set of prompts each month and now I have added a few COVID-19 related items as well.

If you are on Facebook, you’ve probably seen someone post something like the entry I’m going to include here. People are realizing that they should document these unusual times and then when they are reminded about them on future anniversaries of this date, they will be able to feel grateful for where they are at. Sound at all like a roundup? I’ve been a fan of this idea since 2006! I’m happy to see the emphasis on recording these memories and even finding some gratitude for the challenges we are facing.

I’m ready to share my March 2020 roundup page and show you how I used the new supplies I posted about this morning.

More than ever before, I’m grateful for my routine of rounding up the month. Although I have to admit that this one is going to be a doozy! I’m going to use the resources I posted about yesterday to help me recap the news.

I usually love the month of March because it’s my birthday and wedding anniversary month as well as the start of spring. This year March brought a lot of terrible news as well. Nothing like a worldwide pandemic to scare us all!

We had an extra day of February thanks to Leap Year so I almost forgot to post the roundup prompt! You think I would have been extra prepared with an additional day on the calendar. February has been a good month in our family as we’ve been settling into our new home, but it’s also been a long and tiring month as well. Just like any other month, it’s been filled with good and not-so-good. That’s life and that’s why I love doing roundups to keep track of all of these details.

Do yourself a favor and start (or continue!) to do a monthly roundup this year. You will be so happy with the end result!