Here are a few things to remember about one’s remembrances:

 💡 My remembrances are no more story-worthy than your remembrances.

 💡 In fact, the vice versa rule usually applies.

 💡 Our remembrances resonate with an ever-dwindling audience of peers, no one else.

 💡 Our remembrances matter most to ourselves, as they are vital to survival. Whatever other import our remembrances have is an invention.

 💡 Remembrances which don’t teach a lesson or presage current problems are devalued (“What exactly is your point?”) and sharing such remembrances is negatively reinforced.(“Pops, that was a long time ago.”)

 💡 We earnestly try to abide by these rules but nonetheless are compelled to recount our remembrances and embellish them with our learnings.

 💡 Why? The why is that we want our actions and experiences to matter, a desire that inevitably grows more urgent the older we get.