The rest of the book speaks more lists as diary, list what you visited on holiday, seen as a film, met people like ... In order to keep track of his life when reaches a certain age and they will want to revisit it. The list is ultimately a very simple form of writing, accessible to all. No need to feel a novelist soul to begin a biography ... For example, a book for the holidays: a "summary" page containing the vacation spots with their dates, and the following pages contain details of the places visited: cities, food, museums, zoos, activities ... He slowly filled year after year and will serve as a reminder 20 years later. Lists of lists, diaries into books, these are memories that are being built. What is a photo album, but a chronological list of images? What a disappointment when years later, we can not remember the names of people, places, dates ... Who could have been annotated as and when photos have joined the album.
Other countries, other cultures use more writing and form of the list to rank his knowledge and memories. List of recipes, plants in the garden, tips and tricks to maintain the house ... Everyone has their scale can write this kind of memory aid. In the past, the chapter "From Villis" Charlemagne or "Tres Riches Heures" the Duke of Berry were already lists, exhaustive, decorated, which testify to the life of their time. Why not add a little stone to this edifice, and let our turn track to our descendants?