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From a shoe box to a digital one.
At some point in our lives, we’ve all had a shoebox (or a similar container) tucked under the bed, in a closet corner, in the attic, or in some storage space.
This box held our most treasured belongings — not necessarily valuable in money, but rather the crown jewels of our lives. These items represented parts of our history and identity — memories, emotions, achievements, personal tastes — yet they held little practical utility in daily life and so ended up in the box, patiently waiting to be remembered or used.
Over the years, I’ve had many such shoe boxes. Right now, mine holds medals from 10k and 21k marathons, old college and job IDs, birthday cards, pocket flashlights, pins, spare buttons, old wallets, stickers, broken pens, photographs, and keys to doors I can no longer identify.
In short, everything that held value to me yet served no daily purpose ended up in that box, and when needed, I knew exactly where to look: in my old, trusty shoe box.
Today, in the information age, where we’re exposed to a constant flood of data, it’s easy to become a digital hoarder. Quotes, notes, thoughts, entire PDFs — our physical shoe box has transformed into a digital one.
