Having lots of copies does no good when your indexing is fucked up.
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Sure recall might not be amazing, but creative inspiration is fun
Boomer Joke: Shit, don't tell my wife about this.
Tech Joke: Three is two, two is one, and one is none I guess
Ugh, you mean I STILL actually have a visual of goatsy stored in there somewhere?
You said it and my brain immediately loaded it. Thanks.
Not my fault, but happy to suggest a cure?
You can always dilute it by imagining..idl, Donald Trump peeing in his diaper and everyone pretending he doesn’t smell?
That's why aphantasia is a god send some days
It does have its benefits I'll admit.
I guess so. I even remember the wedding band. That's unfortunate
That detail has been erased by time - there’s hope yet
Trying to do 3-2-1 backup straregy? Noice!
The offsite copy is a challenge.
Isn't that called a diary? Or photos I guess.
Can recommend a diary, especially for feelings. Until I started writing my impressions of events I didn't realise my recollection of how I remembered feeling about things in the past was so often wrong.
Like I was just thinking back to my last job and remembering how easy it was, but then when I flip though diary entries from those years it's like, nope: pretty consistent imposter syndrome all throughout.
Yes, I started a diary about 2018 and it's really good for reflecting on the present as well as looking up stff from the past.
Writing about feelings is something I don't do often, I should do that more, good idea!
Hell yeah, highly recommend throwing in some navel gazing in there. Events and happenings are important, but those are also the easiest things to remember, but subjective experience is guaranteed to be lost, even to yourself, if you don't note it.
Anyway I'm overselling it now lol, but I even like to scratch out a little "emotional compass" where the four cardinal directions map to
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I find it useful to draw a squiggle in there to capture how I'm feeling at a glance. Also interesting seeing how predictable my "random" moods actually are, when I look at the weekly/monthly context in which they happened.