- The _essence of the everyday_ is a little nebulous, but I think it's something you can feel. It is the intangible spirit / ethos of [[{2.1} we're losing the magic of our life's ephemera to the cloud|life’s ephemera]]. - I see it as life's ephemera being things you collect -- the thoughts you're thinking, the books you're reading, the movies you're watching, and songs you're singing. - A little different from [[PKMBeth, 'The Two Biggest Influences on my Current PKM Practices'. 2023-12-12.|Beth]]. - While the _essence_ is, like, the fairydust surrounding it... It is the state of your heart and world and community _as_ you collect. It is the _time_ in which you collect... It is the context of your ephemera... [[life archiving is the practice of distilling the experiences (embodiment), essence, and ephemera of the everyday into a contained narrative]]… - [[2024-09-07]] I expanded on this in [[life archiving as a love letter to experience]].