How Will You Be Remembered? The Importance of Leaving the Legacy You Deserve
Author: Matt Markiewicz, Founder @ TryKindred.com
How do you want to be remembered? Do you wish your loved ones had something better than a voicemail to listen to when you’re gone? You might want to leave a lasting legacy but don’t have $50 million to leave your kin. In the grand scheme of things, we all have such a short amount of time on this planet, therefore, the legacy you leave behind is one of the most important things you can do and you have more options than you think when living a legacy. In this article, you will learn about one of the most valuable ways to leave the meaningful, lasting legacy you deserve.
There are many ways to leave a legacy. You can write a book, create a legacy scrapbook, plant a tree, or leave voicemails for all of your family members to listen to whenever they’re missing you the most. Although many of us may immediately think of money or world-changing inventions, the truth is that some of the most meaningful legacies are non-monetary, don’t show up in any history books, and can be as simple as a voicemail.
Legacies can consist of a variety of different keepsakes. If you’re a planner, you might have seen various end-of-life planning checklists or services such as ELDR that can recommend legacy planning options. The shame of it all is that not enough people plan for their end of life, and you have way more options and opportunities than you think! Of all the options, the best way to leave a legacy is by telling your stories. If you have a memory full of stories (big or small) one of the best ways to capture your stories is by recording legacy videos. Now that you think of it, don’t you have a lifetime full of stories you’d like to share with the next generation of your family and friends?
Storytelling is immensely important to us. Our brains are wired to remember stories. Voicemails are lovely, but don’t you wish your loved ones had something better than a voicemail to listen to, watch, and cherish?
An amazing service you can work with to capture life’s most meaningful stories is Kindred. Kindred’s keepsake documentary videos are recordings of you or a loved one telling life’s most important stories. Storytelling is nothing new or novel, but capturing those stories in a keepsake video with photos, music, and multiple chapters for loved ones to cherish forever… now that’s Grandma’s scrapbook in the 21st century!
But why videos? Videos last forever. Videos depict exactly how you laugh, how you cry, and capture your true essence in a way that no other legacy product can. If you just look around - all of the best stories are captured in documentary videos. Whenever you hear about something in the news isn’t one of your first questions; When’s the Netflix documentary coming out? Don’t you think you deserve your own documentary? What about your Mom or Dad? Grandma and Grandpa? Everyone deserves their own documentary. You deserve to be remembered in a meaningful way.
If you’re still reading and wondering… how does this work? Couldn’t I just interview my loved one with my iPhone? Couldn’t I hire a video producer to come to my house to record an interview?
Yes, you can do both. One option is quite time-consuming and the other can be quite expensive. So that’s why Kindred is here to help.
You can find Kindred online and their process is super simple! First, you purchase online and upload some photos. Next, Kindred’s experienced interviewers meet with you or your loved one online (via Zoom) and bring thought-provoking questions. After the interview, Kindred’s video production team pulls out the best stories, adds music, and photos, and sends you your keepsake documentary in just a couple of weeks!
There are many ways to leave a lasting legacy. Whether you want to capture your Mother’s legacy, your Father’s legacy, or your own life stories, preserve your family’s holiday traditions or even interview your significant other to capture “The Story of Us”... a service like Kindred will create an interview experience to savor and capture those incredible stories to cherish forever. Now that you’ve made it through this article, it’s about time to ask yourself: how do I want to be remembered?
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