I graduated college after a severe traumatic brain injury.

Things We Forget

By Gentle Witch

Graduated college with a double major

Former federal government employee

  • Era

    1995 held the start of the modern internet era.

  • Email

    I was born when email felt optional.

  • Tapes and Cassettes

    1995 belonged to VHS tapes and cassette players.

  • Before Social Media

    I was born before social media shaped identity.

  • Memorize

    In 1995, people still memorized phone numbers.

  • No Smartphones

    I arrived in a world without smartphones.

  • Global

    1995 marked a shift toward global connectivity.

  • ’95

    I was born the same year Windows 95 changed home computers.

  • 1995

    1995 sat between analog childhoods and digital adolescence.

  • Internet

    I was born in 1995, a year when the internet was present but not central.