It used to be you could find a box of photos or keepsakes that you inherited to look back on how things were or when you were a kid. Now, most of that is stored on phones, and most parents probably don’t think to share or save them in a way to be passed down in the future.
I learnt this after spending an entire day at a museum and taking loads of pictures. Then realised I am never going to look at any of these. So I stopped doing it. Why look at life through my phone when it is in front of me?
Conversely, I went to a place where my partner and I could hang out with, feed, pet, and snuggle heaps of animals we had never seen up close in real life—kangaroos, capybaras, porcupines (I was so scared but they were SOOOO sweet and loving!), baby binturong (we both cried, they climbed allll over us, my favorites easily), various reptiles, and way more. I was definitely in the moment but I did take oodles of photographs and videos. I look at them alllll the time. I am so happy I have photos and videos of that experience, I would regret so much if I didn’t!