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Patrick Kucharson
September 27, 2022 ā¢ Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes
This is Better Gift Coach, where we offer you a way to remind everyone in your family what hairstyle they were rocking back in the 80's and that they havenāt fed their Tamagotchi in 25 years.
Estimated read time: 1 minute & 53 seconds
šTHE GIFT:
The ādigitize home videos" Gift
When I was growing up, most of my extended family lived in the same area, but now many of the members of my generation have moved away and set up roots in different places across the country. On Christmas Eve of 2020 when none of us were traveling to get together (Covid), everyone received an email from my aunt that included a link to a few hours of old family home movies that she paid to have digitized. Much of the footage was from past Christmases. My phone was buzzing all weekend from a group text with my cousins as we all made time to watch, reminisce, and reconnect with each other.
š®WHY THIS GIFT IS GREAT:
Gift for the entire family
Preserves priceless history
Allows for reminiscing and reconnecting
YOUR VERSION OF THIS GIFT
š”TIPS FOR YOUR GIFT:
Great group gift potential
Also works for digitizing old photos
Also a great birthday or anniversary gift
To be safe, get going in Oct for Dec delivery
Review & categorize before sending to a third-party to digitize
Start a group text for people to use as they individually watch
Donāt wait another year. Sadly, me-maw isnāt going to be around forever
Local shops might be less likely to lose your contents and often have shorter turnaround times (vs online services).
Helpful links: iMemories (used by Walgreens) and LegacyBox are two of the established online services. You can DIY with a VCR + these devices + zen-like patience
š¤GIFT BRAINSTORMING PROMPTS:
How can you get possession of old family videos or photos? _____
Do you have a local service that digitizes old videos or photos? _____
ā¶ļøFORWARD THIS GIFT IDEA TO:
A family historian
Someone who has old home videos/photos
And introduce them to your favorite 1-minute a week free shortcut to giving better gifts year round. They can read past editions and subscribe here.
šGIF/MEME:
All the best,
Patrick Kucharson
Better Gift Coachā¢
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