On: The great junk transfer is coming

[ars]

I've started doing this in my life: I take pictures of items that have emotional meaning to me, and then throw away the item.

I care about the meaning to me, what memories it gives me, not the physical item.

It's really really hard though. But my kids will just have a Google Photos album to keep rather than a house full of stuff.

[jjav → ars]

> But my kids will just have a Google Photos album

If google doesn't lock out your account at some point between now and death.

Seriously, relying on something like google as the repository of all memories seems extremely risky when we know how often they lock accounts for no reason and there is no recourse.

[sixstringtheory → ars]

I like to draw them or write about them in my journal. I find that the intense focus required helps remember them very well.

[thakoppno → sixstringtheory]

how do you archive your journals?

[sixstringtheory → thakoppno]

Nothing beyond just keeping them around, currently. Maybe one day I’ll try to digitize/ocr them.