Life & Photo-Organizing - Sort-It-Out
Sort-it-Out is your go-to podcast for women and moms who love organizing life’s chaos—starting with their digital photos. Hosted by two lifelong best friends (and certified photo-organizing pros)! But we’re not stopping there. From clever family organizing hacks to meal ideas that actually work, and honest chats about motherhood, tech, and everything in between—we’ve got your back. Grab your coffee (or wine), plug in those earbuds, and let’s Sort Out the mess, the memories, and the magic of making life just a little more organized.
Episodes
Shared Albums are one of the most misunderstood features.
You can see the photos. You can scroll through them. You may even assume they're safely tucked away in your photo library.
But are they?
In this Tiny Task episode, we're exploring where photos in Shared Albums actually live, what happens when you import them, and how to avoid creating extra work for yourself later.
New to this ser...Have you ever spotted a random photo, meme, recipe, or video in your Camera Roll and wondered:
"Wait... where did that come from?"
In this Tiny Task, we're tackling one of the most common sources of photo confusion on the iPhone.
Sometimes photos and videos appear in your Photos Library even though you don't remember sa...
Ever open your Photos app, take one look around, and immediately close it again?
In this Tiny Task episode, we're not organizing, deleting, or creating albums. Instead, we're taking a few minutes to simply explore the space where most of your memories live. Because before you can organize your photos, you need to feel comfortable navigating your Photos app.
This episode is pa...
Where are your photos, anyway?
If you’ve ever felt confused about where your memories actually live — your phone, iCloud, old computers, shared albums, text messages, external drives, or somewhere else entirely — this episode is for you.
In this kickoff episode of our new summer series, we’r...
If you’ve been following along these past few weeks, you might be starting to feel like this is actually something you can do.
Not all at once.
But in small pieces.
This is the final episode in our Tiny Task series, where we’ve been helping you move past the biggest hurdles that can stop you from organizing your photos—one small step at a time.
🎧 Missed the Origi...If you’ve ever opened your photos to do something quick… and somehow ended up answering a text, checking a notification, or forgetting what you even opened your phone for…
👉 you’re not distracted.
You’re just surrounded by distractions.
This is the fourth episode in our Tiny Task series, where we’re helping you move past the biggest hurdles tha...
If your camera roll feels overwhelming, it’s probably not just the number of photos…
👉 it’s the number of decisions waiting for you.
This is the third episode in our Tiny Task series, where we’re helping you move past the biggest hurdles that can stop you from organizing your photos—one small step at a time.
Over the last couple of weeks, you’ve:
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mapped out whe...
If you’ve ever opened your Photos app and immediately felt unsure of what you’re looking at… things look different, something feels off, or you’re not quite sure where to click—you’re not alone.
And more importantly…
👉 it’s not you.
It’s the tech getting in your way.
This is the second episode in our Tiny Task s...
If your photos feel like something you should deal with… but just haven’t—you’re not alone.
It’s usually not about time. It’s not even about motivation.
It’s the little hurdles in the way that keep you from getting started.
This episode is the start of our Tiny Task series, where we break down the biggest photo organizing hurdle...
In this episode, we’re breaking down the real reasons people stay stuck — and it’s not what you think.
After years of working with hands-on clients, VIP clients, and virtual coaching clients, we’ve seen the same patterns show up ...
What do you experience when you open your photos and simply visit your memories — no deleting, no organizing, no sharing, no pressure?
In this episode of sort-it-out, Kristi and Amanda take on a simple but surprisingly emotional little challenge: spending two uninterrupted minutes just being with their photo memories.
What started as a tiny experiment turned...
If your photos feel scattered across devices, apps, and old backups, you’re not alone — and it’s probably not because you’re disorganized.
In this Tiny Task episode, Kristi explains why photo collections often become messy over time. Most of the time, it happens because technology evolves faster than our awareness of where our photos are actua...
In this episode of Sort-it-Out, Kristi and Amanda take you behind the scenes to share the three core tools they rely on when organizing photo collections for clients and themselves. These tools help simplify the process of consolidating scattered photos, organizing them chronologically, and removing duplicates — especially when working within the Apple ecos...
Ever try to silence your iPhone alarm before it wakes your partner… only to be blinded by a surprise update and completely thrown off before the day even starts? 🙃 That was Kristi — and it led to an unexpected aha moment that instantly changed how she uses screenshots (and keeps her camera roll clutter-free).
In this episode, we talk about how a small iPhone update revealed a powerful organizing feature that many peop...
Photo books sound like a great idea… until you actually try to make one. In this quick Q&A episode, Kristi answers the most common photo book questions we’ve heard over the years — no pressure to finish, just clarity to help you get unstuck.
This episode is for anyone who’s been avoiding photo books because they feel overwhelming, too big, or “not perfect enough.”
In this episode, we cover: ...Have you ever opened your phone, scrolled through thousands of photos, and thought… Where do I even start? You’re not alone — and this episode is for you.
In this episode of Sort-It-Out, Kristi and Amanda break down the very first steps to photo organizing in a way that feels doable, not overwhelming. We talk honestly about why so many people feel stuck, how decision fatigue and tech confusion play a role, and wh...
This episode is short, practical, and packed with insight straight from Amanda — our tech and systems guru — shared through Kristi.
We cover:
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Why storage fills up faster than you think (OS updates, apps, photos, videos)
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What happens when your Mac doesn’t have enough storage
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Why you can’t upgrade Mac storage later
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How low storage forces early (and ...
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The issue isn’t that you don’t care about your photos. It’s that digital clutter makes it hard to enjoy them — or even know where to start.
When your camera roll is full of:
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Duplicates and blurry shots
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Screenshots that never got deleted
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Years of unsorted memories
Opening your photos can feel hea...
We tackle one of the most common questions we hear:
What even is photo organizing?
If you search online, you’ll find lots of definitions:
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Sorting your camera roll
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Digitizing old photos
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Filing printed photos into albums or boxes
And honestly? None of those are wrong — they’re just pieces of the bigger picture.
For us at Memory Momentum, photo organizing is a bro...
Welcome to Sort-It-Out!
If you’ve ever felt overwhelmed by your photos — too many on your phone, scattered across devices, or stacks of prints sitting in closets — you’re in the right place.
Sort It Out is hosted by Kristi and Amanda, childhood best friends turned professional photo organizers. This podcast is all about photo organizi...
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