Daily writing prompt
What are your thoughts on the concept of living a very long life?
We are, all of us, the keepers of history. Family history, personal history, even world history. Each person reading this is the primary source of their life. When others are gone, you are the one who will remember them.
But age comes with problems that surpass aches and pains. Age comes with loss: of friends, of family, of work, of self-worth.
We should value the stories of elders, but in a hyper-productive capitalist society, stories of complicated lives aren’t condensed into 7 second clips meant to hold our attention.
But I encourage you to listen.
Hipstory 