in the beginning I tried too, but my motivation just wasn't there, and the need to create was, so I started looking for things that inspired me . . .so now I'm all over the place. I do try to place layouts in the albums in order though.
I do for the grandkids albums pretty much. For my own, I'm all over the place. I know I'll never get caught up with my own so I just do the photos that I like.
books end up being that way but I scrap all over the place. Right now I am doing 2015 but I haven't finished any of the years before or after it. I just randomly picked it. Next may be 2012 or 2018...who knows?