The beginning of the month wrought a new chapter in my life: I started a brand-spanking new job as\u00a0corporate communications coordinator for the Detroit Lions. It\u2019s been a whirlwind.<\/p>\n
As part of my newfangled responsibilities, I get to admittedly do some pretty rad stuff.<\/p>\n
This past weekend as part of my job, I had one of the most surreal experiences I\u2019ve yet had (I\u2019m the\u00a0media contact for all non-Lions events at Ford Field) at Taylor Swift\u2019s show. She puts on an AMAZING\u00a0performance, though I know I don\u2019t have convince too many people of that considering she\u2019s one of the\u00a0world\u2019s biggest superstars and deservedly so.<\/p>\n
While the whole ordeal provided some memories I won\u2019t soon forget and phenomenal professional\u00a0know-hows, I was left with an emotion that felt an awful lot like regret the next day. Why, you ask? I\u00a0didn\u2019t have any pictures to prove it.<\/p>\n
It left me with an internal struggle of sorts; in the time we live in, especially for people around my age,\u00a0we often find ourselves asking the question \u2013 unknowingly or consciously \u2013 if there were no pictures, did\u00a0it really happen? If I have no proof or an image to invoke the memory, was it worth doing at all?<\/p>\n
Of course it is. But that didn\u2019t stop me from lamenting the fact I didn\u2019t take more pictures.<\/p>\n
So then I found myself asking why. Why did I care? I know what happened \u2013 I lived it! Was I worried I\u00a0wasn\u2019t showing off enough to other people? Was I looking to validate my own experiences to myself? I\u00a0honestly don\u2019t know. If I were to guess, it\u2019s probably the later. Most likely I\u2019m worried if I don\u2019t\u00a0obsessively document my life, I won\u2019t remember it.<\/p>\n
Thing is, I don\u2019t typically spend my time looking at old pictures. Obviously I do on occasion \u2013 everyone\u00a0gets nostalgic. I\u2019m probably more nostalgic than most and I still look back sparingly. What am I afraid of\u00a0missing? A majority of my free time is spent having fresh experiences, potentially making new memories\u00a0to take up space in my head over the less important ones. Or I\u2019m watching my favorite television shows\u00a0or reading my favorite books. It kind of begs the question all together, what is a memory, really?<\/p>\n
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(Written on May 31 \u2013 published on July 7)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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