Some people believe using modern technology (digital photographs, blogs) is the best way to record and remember important personal events. Others think the traditional method (making photo albums, writing diaries) is better.

As modern technology has improved by leaps and bounds, it has become easier to keep track of human activities with different means of recording. Many argue that it’s a blessing to have their writings, documents and pictures digitalised, and stored online,

while

others still prefer to scribble on a notepad or own the physical copies of the photographs. In

this

essay, it will discuss both sides of the argument

along with

my viewpoint that supports the latest method. On the one hand, it is easy to store and refer to photos or write-ups online.

For example

, Google Photos sync a phone camera to a mobile app and it automatically saves the snaps and notifies the memories on a yearly basis.

Furthermore

, blogs

such

as food or travelling can be published on umpteen social platforms like Facebook or Twitter, which have the power to cater for a wider audience and share experiences and feelings with their family and friends on these posts.

Lastly

, if everything is digitalised, it can not only get rid of the risks of losing documents and pictures but go green after all.

On the other hand

, individuals feel connected to the hard copies of a picture or document. To a certain extent, holding a picture gives an ecstatic pleasure to reminiscing about old memories.

Besides

, preserving a diary is easy and private, which will not cause the leakage of personal information and lawsuit about copyrights. Online fraud and plagiarism are not uncommon because private data is more likely to be stolen in cyberspace.

Thus

, the traditional method of storing personal information is safer compared to the digital one. To summarise,

although

it gives a sense of security and happiness to have physical copies, recording our important things online grows in popularity worldwide

due to

its convenience and recreation. From my perspective, we should go paperless and embrace the digital era to cherish memories because it’s a hassle-free way to retrospect the past.