Do you, or have you ever, just stopped, memorized what was around you specifically for the purpose of pulling it out at some unknown time in the future, to use as comparison?
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November 29th, 2009
When I was in my late teens, in the 70’s, I was walking up to my friends trailer house. It was late December, and the weather was absolutely beautiful. It was so warm I didn’t need a jacket, and that’s very unusual for December in Kansas. I stopped and thought, “I’m going to remember this day so that if in the future people say ‘It’s ALWAYS cold in December,’ I can say, ‘Not always!’”
Or, 20 years down the road, if someone says, “This is REALLY strange weather we’re having for December!” I could say, “Oh, not normal, but not strange either!”
If I hadn’t made the point of clamping that day in my mind, I probably wouldn’t have remembered it, and think that warm days in December are “Weird, and is this because of global warming???”
I also clamp other memories in my mind because I know how they can change over the years.
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something like that. sometimes I purposly tell myself to remember a specific moment most of the time just to see if I can remember it later. I take in everything and most of the time I remember(:
I do this all the time. Mostly cause I like to throw things in peoples faces. Most people don’t remember random things like that but I do because you never know when it’ll come up again
Sometimes I’ll tell my little ones (ages 4 and up, when you’re at an age that you won’t remember much about when you grow up,) that “You’ll never forget this!” For example, the other night, grandkids, ages 4 and 6. I said, “You’ll never forget this! Sitting in front of the fire, in your underwear, eating strawberries and sugar, the night before Thanksgiving!”
@kayyyyleigh and @Justnice Are you both female? Just curious!
I ask because I think that specific memorizing of detail is part of the female psyche. I mean, I’ll be in an argument with my husband over something he said or did five years ago, that he doesn’t remember, and I’ll throw in dates, times, what the weather was like, what we were wearing! But I didn’t necessarily go out of my way to remember it, unlike the instance I listed in the detail. I think it’s just that the comment or action affected me so that everything around me attached itself to it.
I do this all the time. There are specific moments that I don’t wanna lose. I’m not entirely sure why, but I think it’s just about stopping and respecting the moment for what it is. I just love life.
@jamielynn2328 Really nice. I remember riding my bike, that I’d gotten for my 5th Christmas, to my friends house up the road when I was 12, knowing that it would be the last time I would ride it (not sure why….was it becoming unsafe or something and folks saying I couldn’t ride it any more? I don’t know.)
I remember, as I was walking out of HS on the last day, stopping at the door, turning around and gazing along the familiar halls for a long, lingering moment….I’m making myself cry!!!
I found myself getting annoyed with some of my best friends last semester and feeling left out. Then we had this wonderful night when I appreciated them so much and it became evident that they really do care about me, which I was doubting. This reminded me how great they are, and that I should really hang onto them. I did just that, making a mental note, but also came home and wrote down every detail of that night. I put in all caps at the top to read this whenever I was feeling down on them again, which has totally worked.
@Val123 Thanks! This is a great question, I hadn’t thought other people do this.
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