How are you spending the day after Thanksgiving? Making turkey sandwiches? Recovering from early morning bargain shopping? Looking at your holiday to-do list?
It's so easy to get frazzled during the holidays, which is one of the reason the non-profit StoryCorps has launched the first ever National Day of Listening. The project was designed to inspire people to take the time to listen to the stories of their families and friends and record those stories for posterity.
They provides step by step instructions on how to create your own "Day of Listening," whether it's today or any day of the year ...
From the StoryCorps website:
"StoryCorps would like to give new meaning to the day after Thanksgiving, a day many people are at home with family, but also traditionally a day of much rushing around. We would like to encourage people to make a new tradition for this day: sitting down with a loved one and recording a meaningful conversation to preserve for years to come. Our hope is to give people another way to connect with one another and to assist families and communities in creating new and meaningful traditions during the holiday season."
This video provides useful tips on how to get started. What a great way to connect with your loved ones, and preserve their memories so they can be enjoyed for years to come. Sounds like a great new tradition.
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