Jarred Filmer

Take your mnestic Part IV In the web series "There is No Antimemetics Division" our heroes must fight a great evil, monsters that make you forget they exist. In the course of such adventures, they find it necessary to imbibe "mnestics" (the opposite of an amnesiac), drugs for remembering. Every morning since I left that cabin, I wake up having to remember only one thing. Take. your. mnestic To do this, I sit with my laptop and place a leaf between my lips. This looks odd if I happen to be in a cafe, but serves to remind me I was doing something important if I get distracted. It also helps to turn interruptions like "do you have a second?", into "Jarred, why are you eating a leaf?". I hit "ctrl+m" to pull up my desktop forever dedicated to "mnestic.txt" and my calendar. The contents of mnestic.txt have changed over time, but the quote at the top is always the same: > Humans can forget anything. It's okay to forget some things, because we are mortal and finite. But some things we have to remember. It's important that we remember. Write to yourself something which will make you remember. > > - There Is No Antimemetics Division I read it one word at a time, and try to recapture that sense of dread. The feeling of recalling something existentially important that needs sustained action over years. Knowing I'll forget. I read the second line, still a word at a time: > A routine of self perpetuating, undistracted time to think is necessary to respond well to being alive. I try to recall the feeling I had sitting in that cabin, that "Space" is something both vital and fragile, and while I have it, I need to use it to ensure I don't lose it. It's at this stage I check my calendar to confirm the week's mnestics are all lined up, coming to me free and clear down the river of time. I read the remaining 8 lines from past selves who had access to a wealth of space, reminding me of how I want live. With my priorities freshly r