Not-a-goal

I have always been interested in scrapbooking to remember things. I have a huge fear of Alzheimer's or dying too soon, and not being able to tell my kids what they were like, or who the people are in these pictures. My mom has a ton of photos in the attic that I just want to sit down with and ask about, but I have yet to do that, too. And I imagine she would love to do it.

I want to pass on these books to my kids, and then to their kids, and etc. If they turn out being helpful to my great grandkid when he has to do a report on his family, that would be cool.

But lately I've gotten the publishing bite. Being more immersed in the various scrapbooking communities online has allowed me to learn about more page calls, and then read what other people say about preparing for them, and then celebrate those that were published and commiserate with those who don't make it.

There's currently two page calls for pages that I either have done or have been thinking about doing (in my head) for weeks. I'm making these page calls me the kick in the butt to get the pages done sooner, which is good. But? Should I send them in and see what happens? How cool would that be, to see my pages in a magazine? And get paid for it? Or get a free copy of a book I would have bought even if I wasn't published in it?

But then I go back to my mantra: I scrapbook for me and my family. I scrapbook for me and my family.

Then I get confused. Can I scrapbook for me and my family AND send in submissions in response to page calls?