The Joys of Being a Pack Rat

My shoeboxes of stuff allow me touch the past in a way no digital memory could

Carmella Guiol
Human Parts
Published in
5 min readJul 16, 2019

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II have a confession to make. I’m a pack rat, notorious for my obsession with memorabilia. I possess shoebox after shoebox of ticket stubs, art exhibit pamphlets, birthday cards, graduation programs, theater playbills, music festival wristbands, goofy photo booth pics — one shoebox…

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Carmella Guiol
Human Parts

Memoirist for hire. I think and write a lot about life in the digital landscape. Sign up for my newsletter:https://tinyurl.com/y5hq64up // www.carmellaguiol.com