I keep this note in my Obsidian vault called Things I can’t remember anymore. This is probably not of interest to most people, but some of these things brought up a lot of feelings when I realized I couldn’t remember them anymore. Some of it made me think about how I might work to experience some of these things again one day. These are several things I can’t remember anymore.

1. What I did with all my free time before I owned a smart phone
2. What I did with all my free time before I had a kid—mine is almost 17 and has friends that drive and mostly does his own thing. What do I do with all this new free time after 16 years?
3. My childhood best friend’s phone number—I mean like, his family landline phone that was stationery and hung on the wall
4. What it’s like to watch a whole entire movie without getting distracted (see 1. above)
5. The feeling you get from staying up all night doing nothing
6. The pure joy of loading up in a van with your best friends and driving five hours to play a show in a basement for no money
7. How loud, sweaty, smelly, and wonderful those basement shows were
8. How fun it is to sit on a roof and smoke cigarettes
9. How good it feels to drink a cold beer in a hot shower after working on your feet and with your hands all day
10. What it’s like to be bored
11. My Grandma’s voice
12. The names of my elementary school teachers
13. How to dub a mix tape—like an actual cassette tape
14. What it’s like to go to a video rental store and just browse until you find something to take home and watch
15. The feeling of brushing your teeth with your finger when you forgot to pack a toothbrush