Leave bread crumbs along the way

Suddenly, I realized the beauty of the concept of “breadcrumbs.” You might have heard it used in the context of navigating interfaces¹. But I thought of breadcrumbs in the context of documentation. We leave things along the way so that we can remember who we are and why we are here.

Here’s what Winnie Lim writes :

Sometimes I feel lost and I start wondering why I am where I am. My old entries serve as a powerful reminder of why I chose to do things a certain way. It is not easy to walk on an uncommon path. There are no signposts along the way, I have to leave breadcrumbs for myself. You would think we would remember everything about our selves, but I often forget who I am and who I want to be. Societal conditioning is immense.

In general, bread crumbs from the Brothers Grimm fairy tale “Hansel and Gretel”:

Early the next morning the woman came and got the children from their beds. They received their little pieces of bread, even less than the last time. On the way to the woods, Hansel crumbled his piece in his pocket, then often stood still, and threw crumbs onto the ground.

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• Sparks from the past :

I have already written about breadcrumbs on the way, which help us remember who we are and why we are here. But I liked another description of captured moments - sparks. Sparks from the past that “ignite” you today.