I, Gayla Mendenhall, do hereby admit that I am semi-obsessed with those books that tell you how much cost of living expenses were at various years. Average income in 1930 was $1,612? Really? That is an average income almost below the poverty level today. Women's trouser sales skyrocketed in 1942? Makes sense since women were beginning to work in wartime factories and didn't want to wear dresses to work.
I suggest to give your descendants a good look at your life, pick three years that were important to you (e.g. the year you were born, the year you got married, the year your first grandchild was born) and record some statistics for those times. Record what the average yearly income was, the top songs in the country, clothing styles, political leaders, cost of fuel, where you lived and major events that happened in the world that year.
