Creating a Legacy Box: For You, For Them, For Later

⚠️ This is an episode that reflects an earlier season of my work. I’ve kept it in the archive because it lays early groundwork for what would eventually become Dangerously Good Stories.

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What will your loved ones actually have of you when you’re gone?

This one’s for the quiet archivists, the sentimental realists, and anyone wondering where all the “stuff” you're documenting and saving is actually going.

In this early episode, I share the origin of the term 'Legacy Box' — a concept I created while building the DGS Story Work Practice in 2017 — and unpack what it really means to preserve your life, not just your photos.

Through personal stories, family memories, and questions about what we leave behind, this episode invites you to rethink documentation as a soulful, tangible act of love.

Topics covered: 

• What a Legacy Box is and how it differs from a keepsake or memory box
• A story about my kids’ wanderlust and their first cameras
• Tangible vs. digital memory-keeping
• The emotional impact of family history being lost or inaccessible
• Examples from my own life: grandma’s family folder, handwritten journal, and what happens to photo collections when your loved ones pass away
• Why audio recordings, handwriting, and short written stories matter
• Legacy as a living, evolving project, not a perfect or complete one
• Defining your own Legacy Box(es) and encouragement to start now, imperfectly

Access the show’s legacy resources here: → dangerouslygoodstories.com/intentional-documentary-podcast-archive