#62: Backup all digital photos and music

This does not seem like a super exciting goal but I am SO glad to finally have it done. Of course, I've been thinking about doing this for over a year and the whole time, I'm aware that my music and photo collection is getting bigger and bigger, and my PC is getting older and older. So, a few weeks ago... I wake up in the middle of the night and my computer is making this high pitched beeeeeeeeeeeep sound. I restarted my computer and it would not turn back on. So of course I'm panicked because I would be so completely sad to lose all of my music and more importantly, all of my pictures! How would I ever complete my goals of creating scrapbooks and photo albums and coffee table books and canvasses without my pictures!?!

In my panic and frustration... I kicked my computer and of course, it then turned on. A few days later I decided it was time to go to Best Buy and buy an external hard drive. Jeff came along for moral support (ok ok, he was the brains of this operation).

All of my pictures and music files are now safe, and backed up onto my $110 external hard drive (man, those things are pricey!). I am so glad I got this done before my poor PC fell apart completely. It seems to be working fine now (although I don't really use it much anymore... got my MAC)... which leads me to believe that the late night cry for help was just my computers way of saying... "STOP procrastinating and get your ASS in gear!" If my computer could talk... it would probably also say... "Get off of FACEBOOK and DO something PRODUCTIVE!" That's another goal I need to think about...