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Why documenting everything makes memories feel hollow

I take photos of everything I eat and everywhere I go but when I look back at them they feel empty, like I wasn't actually there.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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You're so busy capturing life that you're forgetting to live it.

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Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Stoic memento mori — remember you will die?”

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