If Walls Could Talk

[dancerjodi]

Over the weekend I caught some of http://www.hgtv.com/if-walls-could-talk-/show/index.html on TV. I love this show because it pulls together some of the things I love most: old houses and architecture, mystery, history and interesting family stories. In one such episode the homeowner found a series of journals in their library that were completed - one book for each year - starting in the late 1900s up until they bought the house. What an amazing find, and what a great way to learn about what life had been like in their house in years gone by!

I think of the little bit of history of my own house that I've learned in different places and how excited I was to make these findings. Imagine finding a detailed log of what took place within your own four walls?! The normal, boring everyday things that we fill the majority of our days with would be fascinating to people 50 years ago, or 50 years from now. If anything, it would be useful to account for where you are spending your time, because it is difficult to see where we are when we are in the middle of it.

This journal has been a nice tool for me to use when thinking back on events that occurred or how far I have come in some areas. Lately I've been making quick 'good things' lists or making restricted posts about the big stuff, but I wonder if leaving out the minutia does a disservice to how we spend a good chunk of our life? Along these lines, I'd like to use this more as a true journal (again). I hope that you, my readers, can find some kind of value in this experiment as well.

Comments

[lachesis.livejournal.com]

I'm with dee_cee, I've used the memories feature to archive significant items (and have subsequently deleted some of them, deemed less so) - but that's why i'm trying to write here again... life IS minutae, and we've got to remember to look for the small things as much as recalling the big ones.