Written memories

I started this blog with the view of preserving my cherished memories for me to review later in my life.

One part of me has always been screaming: "No point doing this! There will always be enough impressions to keep me busy, everything is getting more exciting as I go forward and I will likely die from overexcitement - as, in some sense, my grandpa did. There is just not enough time in life to look back, at least not in my life..." Indeed, I have realized that since I started writing the blog, I've never taken the time to browse through - even though I have for various reasons reviewed several particular posts. Curiously enough, a few other people have taken the time to browse it thoroughly :-D

On the other hand, I've recently realized that without noticing I've been writing an alternative digital diary for the last one or two years. Without knowing, you ask... Yes, indeed! My calendar and my e-mail have been reflecting still larger and larger part of my life events, impressions and feelings - even feelings!

Yes, this requires a change in attitude. Now, these tools are not just convenient forward-looking instruments of organizing myself; they are becoming a way of imprinting and archiving my current situation, my current state of mind, in the digital form. Whenever I write down an agenda item, I keep this in my mind.

I will keep posting here every now and then, when a large coherent piece of rambling appears in my mind. But in the meanwhile, I will keep calm about not posting regularly. Now I know, my cherished memories won't be away should I ever want to revisit them, they will be kept through my digital bookkeeping, communication, and note taking.

Do you also feel that your digital activity (whether public or not) is becoming your personal diary?