When you are in a routine, what distinguishes one day from the other to be able to remember them individually?
Yesterday, Friday 3 February 2012, I was in the office as usual, doing the usual things. I needed something unique to this day to be able to remember it for the rest of my life.
At lunch time, I went out to pay my local tax at the town hall.
It struck me last night how sad it would be if the mark I carried with me for this day was paying tax.
Then I had a revelation.
The day was also unique because of the conversation I had with Linda from the post room as I shared some of the bread pudding I made on Wednesday 1 February. It started with bread pudding and continued into anecdotes about her family.
It was a moment of sharing, not just food, but ourselves.
What a far better memory to hold on to.
We have many such conversations. Whether they will merge into one, or work as effective memory tags remains to be seen.
But I noticed today that I listened more attentively to my wife as she reminisced about a student trip while we were drinking coffee in the café we walked to. It is a conversation I will remember.
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