I used to buy serious books as eBooks and fiction in hard copy. Now I do the opposite.
I have a series of books which, if (when) we go commie will be forbidden. I bought 4 copies of all of them for my grandchildren. EBooks can be removed from devices by the government so fiction goes there. Printed versions of books are for history etc.
I print out important articles (which will all probably be trashed by my younger son)....and file...its own history of how we got to where we are.
Talk to children and grandchildren, passing down the history of your family and the presidents you have lived through. Give them that perspective of what was actually being said at the time.
Great insight and instructions. I tend to not want to store books forever, as we do not have a large house, but..............so many are lost to my progeny.
I keep a hardcopy journal/calendar reminder. My husband thinks I'm crazy that I won't buy a personal cell phone, but I see the disconnect from reality with which people with cell phones live. One day, I'll be the only person in my family who actually looks at the person she's talking to and remember the faces of those I serve at my restaurant. That day is fast approaching and I'd guess a little less than half of the people I see daily could accurately describe me to police if I were kidnapped. People walk into the lobby staring into their hand, sit down and order without ever looking up. I also have people who come in, I greet them and ask how I can help them and a growing number don't hear me despite me standing less than three feet from them, because their attention is on a funny kitten or a video short on looksmaxxing, etc. of all stupid things.. That's no way to live.
I write my thoughts on world events, my emotions and what drives them, my worries, hopes, fears and dreams and anything at all my future descendants might be interested in about my time in history. I write down all my appointments, why I'm going and what drives my decisions. Yes, my husband thinks I'm insane, but this is a man who had a secret book of LORAN numbers marking fishing spots he's caught trophy fish in from before GPS made everyone an "expert" in sportfishing.
I was never sure why I wrote all that stuff down, but reading today's article I realized I've been doing some of Mr. Knighton's suggestions bc my subconscious doesn't want to be forgotten when I die. Yes, my children might throw my scribblings away, but that just encourages me to write more things down in other places. In the end, it's not about me. It's about the future and not making the same stupid mistakes again two generations from now.
I used to buy serious books as eBooks and fiction in hard copy. Now I do the opposite.
I have a series of books which, if (when) we go commie will be forbidden. I bought 4 copies of all of them for my grandchildren. EBooks can be removed from devices by the government so fiction goes there. Printed versions of books are for history etc.
I print out important articles (which will all probably be trashed by my younger son)....and file...its own history of how we got to where we are.
Talk to children and grandchildren, passing down the history of your family and the presidents you have lived through. Give them that perspective of what was actually being said at the time.
Great insight and instructions. I tend to not want to store books forever, as we do not have a large house, but..............so many are lost to my progeny.
I keep a hardcopy journal/calendar reminder. My husband thinks I'm crazy that I won't buy a personal cell phone, but I see the disconnect from reality with which people with cell phones live. One day, I'll be the only person in my family who actually looks at the person she's talking to and remember the faces of those I serve at my restaurant. That day is fast approaching and I'd guess a little less than half of the people I see daily could accurately describe me to police if I were kidnapped. People walk into the lobby staring into their hand, sit down and order without ever looking up. I also have people who come in, I greet them and ask how I can help them and a growing number don't hear me despite me standing less than three feet from them, because their attention is on a funny kitten or a video short on looksmaxxing, etc. of all stupid things.. That's no way to live.
I write my thoughts on world events, my emotions and what drives them, my worries, hopes, fears and dreams and anything at all my future descendants might be interested in about my time in history. I write down all my appointments, why I'm going and what drives my decisions. Yes, my husband thinks I'm insane, but this is a man who had a secret book of LORAN numbers marking fishing spots he's caught trophy fish in from before GPS made everyone an "expert" in sportfishing.
I was never sure why I wrote all that stuff down, but reading today's article I realized I've been doing some of Mr. Knighton's suggestions bc my subconscious doesn't want to be forgotten when I die. Yes, my children might throw my scribblings away, but that just encourages me to write more things down in other places. In the end, it's not about me. It's about the future and not making the same stupid mistakes again two generations from now.