Help for Pin Hoarders (Don't Just Pin; DO!)

As many of you know, I am a big fan of Pinterest!  (Don't know what I'm talking about?  See this post.)

I am also a list-maker and a planner.  Most often than not, real life gets in the way, and I am not able to get everything done that I would like to.  But I digress....

As of today, I have 117 Pinterest boards with 6,482 pins.  Crazy, right?  I would LOVE to be able to do at least some of the pins and not become such a "pin hoarder."

A while back, I developed a plan for helping me to not only go through my boards on a systematic basis, but also to plan when I want to projects or try out new recipes.

Below is a typed list of my Pinterest boards.  I have combined certain groups of boards and called them by one category (Photography Boards, for example, which include the boards Photos, Awesome; Photography Challenges, Photography - Tips & Tutorials, plus a few more).

My current list of Pinterest Boards

I can see where a couple of boards need to be combined and at least one board needs to be further subdivided and reorganized (which would be a project for some night when I have insomnia).

My plan is to look at most of the boards on a regular basis.  Some, I will look at weekly; some, I will look at monthly, quarterly, or semiannually.  For the remainder, I will look at on an "as needed" basis (for example, Baby Shower Ideas).

My Plan for Reviewing My Pinterest Boards

As I look at each board at the assigned time, I check for duplicates that can be deleted.  I will also delete pins that I am no longer interested in or that were not what I thought they were.  I will then look for pins that I want to look at right away.  As I find pins that I want to do in the future, I will edit the pin and put them in either my Do Soon board or one of my Do in - <Month> boards.

My "Do" Boards for When I Plan when to do certain projects.

I do not always get to review my boards when I plan to (again, real life gets in the way); nor do I get to always do the pins that I plan to do.  In fact, since Thanksgiving, I have only been on the main Pinterest page less than five times!!  I am somewhat comforted that I at least have a plan for dealing with all my pins!