What to dig?
Every Dig begins with a reason.
Step 1Pick the memory you want to dig.
Pick the moments that speak to you. It helps us understand what you need, so we can guide you well when you come to the memory studio online.
Family memories, grandfather and grandmother memories, college memories, workplace memories, that boss you never forgot, trip memories of every kind.
Which of these feel like yours?
Tap a box to open its moments. Tap a moment to keep it; it turns grey. Tap again to undo.
What memories can you save?
Whatever you would write in a journal, you can talk through in a Dig.
Family memories
Your parents’ stories, how they met, the family house, a family tree with stories, not just names.
Grandmother and grandfather memories
Interview your grandparents. Dadu’s stories, Grandmother’s recipes and the stories behind them, a grandmother’s 80th, letters to grandchildren.
College and hostel memories
Roommates, hostel years, road trips, 2am conversations, the old friends you want to meet one more time.
Workplace memories
The first job, the boss you never forgot, the people you worked with, quitting, retiring, a career story worth passing on.
Trip and travel memories
A big trip, first solo travel, road trips with old friends. Tell it while you still remember more than the photos.
Retreats and altered states
Plant-medicine and psychedelic retreats, breathwork, sound baths, Vipassana and silent retreats. Catch what came up while it is fresh. For reflection, not therapy.
Dream journalling
Most of a dream is gone in minutes. Say it out loud soon after waking, and keep a dream journal without writing a word.
Love and relationship memories
A first date, the first “I love you”, your wedding, the breakup: the whole story, while it’s honest.
Memories of someone you have lost
Their voice, their phrases, their quirks, the last conversation. A pet you loved, too.
Family history and roots
The village, the ancestral home, Partition, migration and resettlement stories.
Festivals, recipes and heirlooms
Durga Puja, Diwali, Eid, the stories behind jewellery and sarees, old photo albums.
Life story and memoir
A memoir, chapter by chapter, the homes you’ve lived in, what you would tell your 20-year-old self.
Altered and expanded states
- Dream retrieval
- Trip catcher: plant-medicine and psychedelic retreats
- Breathwork, sound baths, holotropic sessions
- Silent retreats, Vipassana, meditation breakthroughs
- Festival and concert afterglow
- Déjà vu, synchronicities, spiritual moments
Heart and relationships
- Breakup debrief: the whole story, while it’s honest
- Unsent letters: to an ex, a friend, a parent
- Falling in love: first date, first “I love you”
- A friendship ending, being ghosted
- Your proposal or wedding, while it’s fresh
Grief
- Just lost someone: their voice, phrases, quirks
- A parent’s death anniversary
- Losing a pet
- The last conversation
Inner work
- Inner child: who was I at seven?
- Before or after a therapy session
- Family patterns and the stories behind them
- Letter to your future self
Peak moments and transitions
- After a big trip, first solo travel
- Birth story (new parents forget fast)
- Graduation, leaving home, moving cities
- Quitting a job, first job, end of a chapter
- Turning 25 or 30: the decade review
- Year-end or birthday reflection
Friends and fun
- Friend-group lore: inside jokes, legendary nights
- Old friends, one more time: hostel years, road trips
- Roommate and college stories
- 2am conversations worth keeping
Creative fuel
- Writers, musicians, filmmakers mining their own past
- Creators building a personal story for their audience
Life story
- Memoir, chapter by chapter
- Homes you’ve lived in, the hometown as it was
- Leaving a home: selling the family house
- What I’d tell my 20-year-old self
- Faith and spiritual journey
Work and legacy
- Career story: decades of lessons and people
- Founder or business origin story
- Retirement: closing the professional chapter
Family and roots
- Ancestry, the village, the ancestral home
- Partition, migration and resettlement stories
- A family tree with stories, not just names
- Interview your grandparents
Rituals and heirlooms
- Grandmother’s recipes and the stories behind them
- Festival traditions: Durga Puja, Diwali, Eid
- The stories behind heirlooms, jewellery, sarees
- Annotating old photo albums
Occasions
- 25th or 50th anniversary: how we met
- A father’s 60th, a grandmother’s 80th
- A child’s wedding: where you come from
- Births and naming ceremonies
Wisdom and voice
- Letters to grandchildren, to open later
- Values and life lessons (an ethical will)
- A voice archive for future generations
- Something never said: a secret, a regret, a thank-you
- Before it fades: a loved one starting to forget
Your first Dig, for ₹99.
Make your free Smritis account, then try your first Dig. ₹99 for your first Dig and 30 days of digging, online or at our studio in Kolkata. Then ₹499 a month, if you want to keep going.
Dig your own memories, dig family stories with your parents, or invite a group of friends for a life story. The same ₹99 books your first Dig, alone or together.