Start documenting
In childhood, many different events happened - everything was new, everything was for the first time, everything was interesting. But the older we get, the more “flat” and monotonous life feels. It seems that now there is little surprise, but a lot of routine. You may well remember the moment you met a peer on that cozy winter evening in the schoolyard twenty-five years ago, but you don’t remember the topic of an interesting conversation with a friend two months ago or the delight of yesterday’s sunset.
People strive to diversify their lives, to make it brighter and richer, but if you turn around and look back, everyone will see a dark, calm river. Life flows, but we do not remember its moments.
Looking at childhood, we understand that we have become better. Growth and development are noticeable in the comparison of the current and previous moments (retrospective).
Here’s what I wrote about this in my regular note 2024-05-19:
In general, the question of coercion and motivation is open. Is it necessary to do this or am I thus preventing myself from maturing and being reborn, renewed? Without renewal I am degrading. A child cannot refuse to grow and mature. But as we age, if we do not observe progress in retrospect, we do not develop. I wanted to write that time is not worth it and you need to keep up, but is an oak tree or a leaf trying to keep up? Are they generally afraid of being late?
But I will focus on this. The point is not to compare something to look smart. Today, from every “iron” you can hear a call to become even more intelligent, well-read, analytical, and comparing. Nope! You need to be human and just try to live the moments more carefully, not lose the precious “beads” of life, but carefully collect them and string them on a fishing line, enjoying life, observing and drawing conclusions about yourself and the world around you.
What to do? Start documenting your life!
Right now, open a notepad or open an application (for example, Obsidian) and start journaling. Regular notes will help you remember your current experiences tomorrow or in a year. If there are questions, answers may appear tomorrow - and this feeling of progress is life.
If you see something interesting, beautiful or unusual, take out your favorite camera, smartphone or movie camera and save the fleeting moment.
Suddenly I noticed the beauty of the noise of the evening city - take out the recorder. For example, I began to record and share sounds .
We don’t want to lose important moments in life. Family, children, our path, growth, development, ups, downs - we fix points on the path of life. Tomorrow, in a month, a year or twenty-five years, we will look at our path.
P.S. This topic is very important to me. I decided not to try to fit everything into one post, so this is the beginning of a series. I’ll continue later, but for now I’ve documented my thoughts here.