Ive shifted to disappearing messages by default for about 4 months now and I like how it feels to communicate in this way! It feels more like talking directly

Ive shifted to disappearing messages by default for about 4 months now and I like how it feels to communicate in this way! It feels more like talking directly with someone instead of collaboratively filling out a log. One mental shift is to remember that if something is said that I need to remember I need to write it down in a different place (much like I would need to if we were talking face to face). I've also found it somewhat therapudic to let go of the past in other places as well. This included throwing away tshirts I got at a successful startup 10 years ago and even cleaning out my "digital closet" by delete my 10 years of location history on Google and old emails. Playing legacy board games, which require destroyibg pieces of the game as it progresses so you can not back out or do it again a different way, introduced me to this feeling and I enjoy it. Funnily enough, around the same time I made this mental change I also started keeping a journal.