I don’t know why I had the idea, but recently I thought it would be nice to just jot down a list of all those little interesting life memories I have stored away.
Sort of like a really zoomed out diary of your life, it’s been quite fun to do. I don’t really have time to do it, so every now and then I’ll just write a few more things down (it is a task in my @Downtime list in my previous post). I haven’t put any particular structure around it and it doesn’t have sentences at all, just one word bullet points to remind me of some interesting thing that has happened that I remember fondly.
For example, maybe just the name of a school you went to – and that is enough to bring back all those memories about the place that you wouldn’t even normally think of, and possibly even forget one day I guess??
If there are further particular little interesting memories I want to include about something I might have a little sub-list of things under that. One word is normally enough to trigger everything else related to that funny/fun/interesting/nice memory.
I’ve been trying to remember past holidays I’ve been on, jobs I’ve had, fun memorable little trips around home I’ve been on, places I’ve been to with cool / fun people. Something I’ve achieved or a hobby I used to do.
Best thing is not to think it’s a big task, just have fun while you remember stuff.
If you decide to give it a go - enjoy :)