Great post. I still keep a memory box. I put physical objects in it. Always have. I have things dating back quite some time. The exact time and place isn't critical. The memories the objects trigger are. Touching them, smelling them, feeling them, it's almost magical as I'm transported back. A digital post or email doesn't have the same effect. One grand goal of peggsite is to organize things by month, then at the end of the year you would get a physical "commonplace" book. I have several in real life and they are probably my prized possessions. Certainly what I would grab in a fire. Not my hard drive.