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by Grustaf 3361 days ago
Of course most of it will be "drivel", but it's _your_ drivel, the drivel that your life is made up of. For most people that _will_ be interesting, or at least emotional, as they look back on life later on. For starters this group includes everyone with children. Just think of all the "pointless" photos we take of our children, they mean so much to us.

But apart from this, very soon (if not already) it will be possible to transcribe these messages and extract some useful metadata from it, even put together a kind of biography. That will be interesting even to sceptics like you!

Also consider journaling, many people, that live relatively uneventful lives, do that. This sounds like an alternative for them.

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I don't journal, but from what I understand, products like the 5-minute journal ask you to journal some things you are thankful for, something positive/good that happened today, what you could have done better, etc.

This exercise seems more about focusing your day/priorities, clearing your thoughts and taking some time to feel some good vibes. It's not about remembering 100% of your life.

Yeah - If I'm going to look back on life later on at things, it will be 100x in favor of things like my kid's photos/videos vs words I spoke that were transcribed to text.