Where have all the love songs gone?
80s flashback, a lighter look, Connecting with people, insight observations, just an opinion and ob..., Memories captured, Personal Story, Reflections Sylvia Jimenez 80s flashback, a lighter look, Connecting with people, insight observations, just an opinion and ob..., Memories captured, Personal Story, Reflections Sylvia Jimenez

Where have all the love songs gone?

I wouldn’t say I’m stuck in a time warp, but my teenage years in the 80s have had a profound psychological impact on my memory. The other day, the clever little elves at Spotify suggested a ‘recommended playlist.’ It was titled ’80 Love Songs,’ which I found confusing as I had not listened to anything remotely close (to pick up on the algorithm), but it got me thinking, ‘Where have all the love songs gone?’

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Reminisce in your long-term memory; it could define who you are.
#family, 80s flashback, Memories captured, Personal Story, Reflections, travel, writing community Sylvia Jimenez #family, 80s flashback, Memories captured, Personal Story, Reflections, travel, writing community Sylvia Jimenez

Reminisce in your long-term memory; it could define who you are.

At last, I can identify that I have experienced a reminiscence bump! What is it about certain events or periods in one’s life that stands out in the memory bank brighter and more vivid than what was done last week, last month or last year? One theory of the ‘Reminiscence Bump’; the ‘life script account’ describes that during early adolescence, one starts to make essential decisions that have influencing experiences on their identity.

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It started with an 80s mix tape...
#family, 80s flashback, humour, insight observations, just an opinion and ob..., looking forward, Memories captured, open letter, Opinion, Personal Story, Reflections Sylvia Jimenez #family, 80s flashback, humour, insight observations, just an opinion and ob..., looking forward, Memories captured, open letter, Opinion, Personal Story, Reflections Sylvia Jimenez

It started with an 80s mix tape...

…and a Covid project that propelled me to pull out every single photo album and take out each photograph on a lockdown infused Sunday afternoon. The idea is to scan each and every pic so that it’s forever captured digitally. This will probably take years I know, but pausing at images, some I didn’t even remember, tested my long term memory to categorise scenarios into chronological order. Thank goodness for one of my besties. She just looks at an image and knows exactly when it occurred. She is now my official curator of memories!

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