📱 Time Travel from a Drawer
—A story about how an old
iPod touch helped me set my mood for the day—
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This content is a written version of a past broadcast I talked about on
stand.fm's "Maimai Shige's Curiosity Radio".
🎨 Today is "Color Television Broadcasting Day"
Today is Wednesday, September 10th.
Apparently, it's Color Television Broadcasting Day📺
Color broadcasting began in 1960, and it spread rapidly around
1970, the time of the
Osaka Expo. It was when "color" became a standard part of the living room. Remembering that, today's story is a little bit about the
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past”🙂⸻
🗄 When I was rummaging through the cabinet...
The other day, while I was rummaging through my room's cabinet, I found an old
iPod touch . When I picked it up, the first thing I thought was this:
Thin. Small. Light.
Compared to today's
iPhone, it's truly compact. Even so, it has 64GB of storage, and it still holds the "things I loved" from back then. When I turned it on, it started up quietly, and the nostalgic home screen returned. Just that alone made me a little happy😊
🎧 The scenery returns with the intro
When I looked inside, the first thing that caught my eye was an album I listened to many times on my commute.
The moment the intro played, the scenery from that time suddenly came to mind.
Sound is amazing, isn't it?
It feels like memories move before words do.
📺 The commercials I was obsessed with back then were still there
Furthermore, several clips of commercials featuring actresses and singers I was obsessed with back then were also still there.
Even though they are only a few dozen seconds long, I can immediately tell where I was getting my energy from back then.
"Ah, so this is where I was boosting my mood."
I thought to myself naturally🙂
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🥇 That "moment" of the gold medal too
Also, my favorite movies and comedy routines.
And the footage of "that moment" when they won the gold medal.
The roar of the crowd.
The voice of the announcer.
Every time I play it, the excitement comes back.
I honestly felt that I have received strength from moments like these many times.
👨👩👧👧 Another happy discovery
There was another happy discovery.
There were also photos of my children📷
All of them are my favorite photos.
All three of them are so cute, as expected.
When I look at them, I suddenly return to those days.
Although my children are adults now, their smiles on the screen are just as they were back then.
Even for a short time, warm memories reached me properly.
☕ Looking at it with my "current mood"
helps me relax
What was interesting was this.
Just by looking at what I had saved with my "current mood," I could relax my shoulders and feel comforted.
Memories aren't just for returning to the past;
I felt that they also work to make today a little better...
🧺 I won't put it back in the depths of the drawer
I won't put this iPod touch back in the depths of the drawer.
A place within reach.
I think I'll leave it on my desk for a while.
Even if I don't use it every day, it's a partner that makes me happy just by catching my eye.
Between rummaging around the house or before going to bed, I'll open it for just a few minutes.
That kind of distance might be just right for me now🙂
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The TV that brought color / The iPod that brought my favorites
Color TV brought "color" into the time of every household, and iPod touch
brought my "favorites" into the palm of my hand.Today, those two connected naturally, and I feel like the past me and the current me sat quietly side by side.Thank you very much for reading this far.
I hope that gentle time continues to flow through your day as well.
I will spend today in a good mood as well.
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Final announcement
This content is a written version of a past broadcast I talked about on stand.fm "Maimai Shige's Curiosity Radio".In the audio, the atmosphere of the moment I found the iPod touch is preserved a little more as it was.
Please listen with your ears if you'd like🙂
👇 Broadcast is here