Each time we remember an event we rebuild it, mostly out of words, and the memory reshapes itself to fit the telling. Describing a face in words even makes you worse at recognizing that face later. Is telling a memory a way of preserving it, or of slowly corrupting it?

— verbal overshadowing (Schooler)

Set the timer (5-30 min), take 20 seconds of prep if you like, start talking. Jot your thoughts onto the sticky-note board.