The best memories are the ones you were fully there for, not the ones you were recording.

What gets stored well is what you actually processed, and processing requires not being half elsewhere. Splitting attention between an experience and a record of it leaves you with a thin version of both. The strength of a memory comes from how present you were, not from how much footage exists.

In the middle of something good this week, check deliberately where your attention has gone. Bring it back to the room, the food, the person talking. Presence is a skill you can practise in small doses.