Naturally, the creative process will be different for everyone and different for each page you make, but I'd like to outline some general steps to get you moving in the right direction.
1. Draft a list of possible page ideas/subjects on each topic card.
2. Clip this list to the appropriate divider on your inspiration file.
3. Review your lists often and begin prioritizing ideas by the degree of effort required and the level of interest you have -- in other words, which subjects do you feel like tackling before others?
4.Start curating photos and other pieces of information and ideas that might be helpful in the design/assembly phase. Slip these items/notes into your inspiration file.
5. As you go about your life, pay attention. Memories and little details will come to you, as you watch, listen, read, converse--interact with everything in your day. Note any specific ideas and hang onto things that might have relevance to subjects on your list. Pay attention also, to other possible subjects that you need to add to your topic lists.
6. When you get excited about one particular page subject or at least settle on a subject, transfer it to your monthly checklist, so it's actually in your cue for the current month. At this point, it's time to begin to ruminate about the details of the design or specifics of the story--how many photos do you envision using and how lengthy (or not) will the journaling need to be?
7. Once you have a few specific ideas on your checklist, revisit the 12 Triggers and see if there is anything there that triggers something for you. I view these a little like design challenges, for example I kept mulling around the idea of a white one word title
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