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RECORD YOUR LIFE
Video someone you love whilst they talk. Record the sound of the birds singing at your grandparents’ house, the sound of traffic in the distance. Write about literally anything, or even just make notes of what you think. Make shitty art, whether it’s poetry or painting or music. One day, you’ll be glad that you have more than just photos to remember your life by; there’ll be evidence you lived.
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@layla
May 17, 2024
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@b4s3d1
if you're trying to get into a recording habit, i picked up a "one line a day" journal in 2015 and have been writing in it every day since! i love giving them as gifts, it is such a treat to see what you did 5 years and 4 years and 3 years and 2 years ago. so much reflection every day!
May 26, 2024
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@layla
b4s3d1 Omg that’s such a good idea
May 27, 2024
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@phianeversleeps
ALSO if someone who does this passes (especially in a dramatic and mysterious way) they’ll have soooo many clues/ footage for dramatic flashbacks/ many more fantastical memories held in physical form And that’s a MAJOR incentive imo
May 24, 2024
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@layla
phianeversleeps frrrr
May 27, 2024
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@maryze
BRB going to the park to journal and leaving my phone at home
May 18, 2024
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@layla
maryze it’s fr so theraputic
May 18, 2024
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@buck_mulligan
It’s the mundane that fades away first, your morning routine, morning ‘I love you‘s and ‘how was your day’s. I can’t agree more your achievements will conserve themselves. your life won’t.
May 17, 2024
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@layla
buck_mulligan oh my god, thissss
May 17, 2024
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