This topic sufficiently piqued my interest. I wanted to explore the idea of things that should be valued in the moment, or valued as a record, and realized we could consider the following matrix:

It was hard to identify something for “Not valuable in the moment” but “valuable as a record”. Of course, these are subjective judgements, but I think I tended to lean towards valuing most things in the moment, regardless of how mundane they are. I wanted to put something like “meal times”, or “journaling”, or “practicing piano”, since making records of all these things could be more valuable that the act of doing that thing once, in the moment. But, the possibility that something could be more valuable as a record is more of a creative endeavor. If someone with a sharp eye recorded every firework they’ve ever seen and created some kind of shocking art piece with these records – that could be very valuable. I classify this as “overthinking” it.

I think even if the intention is to amalgamate records, one should seek to value the moment. I hope to explore whats going on here more in future blogs.