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In what ways do you document your life? How often? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 days ago by rook@lemmy.zip to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Photos, journalist, audio recordings, video, blogging, printing photos, making music, posting online etc...

How do you record certain events? Make a journal entry? Just keep it in your memory to yourself?

How do you trust you wont forget the small details that you know today?

How do you trust the security of your documented life? your journal, your printed photos?

You you like analogue or digital documentation? Do you store data on HHDs? (they have a ~30 year lifespan) Mdisk? Photos? Pen and Paper?

Childhood memories? How do you view these archives?

Do you even believe in documenting the events of your life? Is it important to you? The quicker you write down an event, the more emotion you can convey.

What do you do and don't do?

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[–] nrbrd@hexbear.net 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I've been trying to find a good way to do so, but I'm still not there. I usually struggle with the fact that my memory is completely horrible, and I often worry about living without even noticing what has been going on with my life.

I'm currently trying to stick to a daily entry on obsidian, but it does not seem to be working yet 😢

[–] rook@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

there is this app that I found on fdroid that makes it pretty easy to log notes and photos on a daily calendar.

It certainly does not replace ANY of the other methods of documentation like videos and quality photos, and long detailed journal entries.

I just use it because it reminds me of the Snapchat Memories feature but FOSS.

It is a good starting spot, and makes it easy to document with photos.

It has been pretty good to me so far, I recommend that you give it a shot:

Can be found here: https://f-droid.org/packages/com.demizo.daily_you/

Github: https://github.com/Demizo/Daily_You

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