Learning about your parents – Y2K style
February 6, 2011At the time of this writing, I am 34 years old while my son is 4. The last five years of my life have been fairly well documented via social media.
I have been actively maintaining this blog since 2008 and have somewhere between 70-80 posts capturing the thoughts and stories circling around my mind. I have also had and been updating my Facebook and Twitter handles for the same or more amount of time.
This presents a unique generational event – when my son and kids of other Gen-X’rs are grown, they will have a window through which to view and learn about their parents. Assuming WordPress, Twitter and Facebook don’t shut down, all of the gripes, joys, thoughts and interesting share-worthy articles over the years will be showcased in a chronology that tells my/your story over years.
Pretty cool to think about. I wish our parents would have had a similar opportunity to document their lives and thinking – but I’m glad my son will have that available to him when he wants to learn more about his Dad.
