Throughout history, people's lives come to an end, and they are remembered , but slowly forgotten. What's left is an imprint on the people they knew, but their story largely fades into the abyss. After just a few generations, they are forgotten entirely. Phases hopes to change how we remember our own lives, and look back on the lives of the people we love, in more detail than ever before.
Instead of leaving behind a great story, share yours now with friends or family so they have a better understanding of who you are and how you came to be.
The Architecture of Memory
A chronological walk-through my life, defined by how I see it.
How it works
Media you upload will be categorized for future reference by these criteria:
You
birth
death
Years
Categorize your life by years to help with the initial timeline.
1978
80's
90's
2000's
2010's
2020's
2026
Critical Life Events
Life isn't just categorized by years or months. Instead, categorize your life by distinct chapters labelled the way you see them.
Infancy, mom and dad's love
Parents moved the family to Colorado.
Started high-school
Had my first love.
Moved out of parents house
Met my future husband
got married!
gave birth to Alex
Final day with mom
Covid hit
Alex in 1st grade
Beach trip a few hours outside the city. We were young an dumb, full of excitement for the trip. We didn't have much money, but everyone pitched in for food. This was in July, so the weather was hot yet the forest still lush from the rain of June. We shared memories by the water, swimming and laughing. I remember Stas brought a hatchet and we illegally cut down a tree near our campsite to use as firewood. The fire was our baby, and we tended to it as such. I took acid on this trip, and woke up wrapped in a tent because I had failed to put the tent up before I took the drug. In the morning a park ranger came to our campsite and I talked to him calmly and confidently, as if I wasn't seeing three of him!
Firstly, let’s say you upload a photo of a beach trip, you will add tags that will make it easy to remember and search up such as “beach” “friends” or “water”. Then it will prompt you to year of your life in which you will select the year the memory happened. Once finished, you can write a quick memo about that memory and what it means to you, in addition to the people you recall being there.
The memories
my first birthday party, 2000
age: 01 // infancy
People: Family, Myself
Place: Unknown
trip to mexico, 2026
Summer Camp in Samish Island
beach trip, summer, 2020
No memory of it, but dang was I cute!... and hungry
People: Zach Prodehl, Nic Prodehl, Stas Russu, His wife, Nic (other), Daniel, Myself
Trip to Greece
age: 20 // youthful recklessness
Place: Forest, Oregon, Columbia River
Lazy Sunday with my love
Coffee with Margeret
age: 26 // building a foundation
Trip to Mexico with friends and family. This trip was a wonderful culmination of food, smiles, laughter, and a bit of stress. We explored downtown Morelia and although the weather was a bit hot, we managed. On the way to Mexico I managed to stop by San Diego and see one of my best friends, Logan, who decided to make the trip with me. We spent a week there, and made many memories.
People: Mom, Dad, Logan, Grandma, Grandpa, Tutu, Montse, Stephanie, Mark, Luz, Chrisitian, Gladys, myself
Place: Morelia, Mexico
Emotional Phases
Life isn't recalled by years or moments, but rather the moments are intertwined in a web of underlying emotional chapters of our lives.
The beach trip, while fun, was imbedded in a time of my life that I felt lost, had terrible financial security, lack of direction, yet hopefulness for the future.
I will label this phase: "lost as an early adult".
Each memory exists in a phase of life. This "Phase" will encapsulate as many memories, or as little, as you deem correct. Perhaps multiple phases overlap onto eachtoher, that is common in life.
finding a new version of myself in a new city
lost as an early adult
finding joy after mom's death
coffee with margeret, 2020
friends at the park, 2021
building a foundation for success in my career
getting over heartbreak with Ashley
2017 - 2026
Remember your life the way it really happened. Good and Bad
People
Life isn't special without the people that are in it. Remember people who would normally be lost to time by tagging them in your memories.
Feel free to write brief descriptions of this person and their impact on your life, so that you can recall it later. Let these people also write descriptions of you and your impact on their's.
Your photos that exist in other people's memories will be accessible to view at any time.
You can sort through photos by the people that are in them. This will bring up a summary of their impact on your life.
igloos in the snow, 2005
People: My brother, myself, and Cody
Place: Portland, OR - Childhood house