I don't have many happy memories. For a long time, I thought it was just how I was wired.
I had the science wrong. Memory isn't a personality trait. It's what's left of your attention.
Your brain saves vivid memories when attention is high. That’s why time slows down at a wedding, a birth, or a car accident. You remember those moments because you were actually there.
The reverse is also true. If you weren’t paying attention, your brain didn’t save it. The event happened, but you weren’t there for it. So now it’s gone.
This is why most of your life is forgotten. Not because anything bad happened and is being suppressed—but because you weren’t fully there for most of it.
You can’t fix a past you didn’t save. But you can give your future self a past worth coming back to.
The you of ten years from now will only have what you save today. Sit with her at dinner. Look at your kid’s face. Notice your daily walk.
Save the present. It’s all your past will ever be.
@Jonathan_Cahn Pastors used to be viewed by the public in a positive or neutral way. They used to be considered a moral authority (even if you disagree with them on certain things). No more. There is less incentive than ever to enter ministry.
🇺🇸 🍿 The most-watched TV finales in U.S. history
1. 🏥 MAS*H – 105.9 million viewers – 1983
2. 🍺 Cheers – 93.0 million viewers – 1993
3. 🏃♂️ The Fugitive – 78.0 million viewers – 1967
4. 🗽 Seinfeld – 76.3 million viewers – 1998
5. 🛋️ Friends – 52.5 million viewers – 2004
6. 🚗 Magnum, P.I. – 50.7 million viewers – 1988
7. 👨👩👧 The Cosby Show – 44.4 million viewers – 1992
8. 🛋️ All in the Family – 40.2 million viewers – 1979
9. 👨👩👧 Family Ties – 36.3 million viewers – 1989
10. 🔨 Home Improvement – 35.5 million viewers – 1999
11. 🎙️ Frasier – 33.7 million viewers – 2004
12. 🤠 Dallas – 33.3 million viewers – 1991
13. 👨👩👧 Everybody Loves Raymond – 32.9 million viewers – 2005
14. 🖖 Star Trek: The Next Generation – 31.0 million viewers – 1994
15. 🔫 Gunsmoke – 30.9 million viewers – 1975
16. 📻 Happy Days – 30.5 million viewers – 1984
17. 🏠 Newhart – 29.5 million viewers – 1990
18. 👵 The Golden Girls – 27.2 million viewers – 1992
19. 👨👩👧 Full House – 24.3 million viewers – 1995
20. 🏥 St. Elsewhere – 22.5 million viewers – 1988
21. 🔧 MacGyver – 22.3 million viewers – 1992
22. ⚖️ L.A. Law – 22.1 million viewers – 1994
23. 👽 ALF – 21.7 million viewers – 1990
24. 🎩 The Mary Tyler Moore Show – 21.2 million viewers – 1977
25. 📼 The Wonder Years – 21.0 million viewers – 1993
🖇️ Source: Stacker, Nielsen Ratings, MASH4077TV, WIRED, Wikipedia.
They removed CD/DVD drives from devices.
They made physical media harder to buy and use.
They removed expandable storage from phones.
They pushed us into streaming subscriptions.
They made always-online normal.
They made unlimited internet necessary.
Then slowly raised the price of everything.
Ownership quietly became renting.
@BuckyBeeman@Costco@AldiUSA Not a surprise. I was initially excited when it opened but the prices and selection of items were not comparable to the nearby competition.