Always thinking Nostalgically.
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"it's ok to look back at the past, as long as you don't stare"
My favourite saying
Very nice indeed, saved that one in the memory bank!
Everyones just wrapped up in there computers now.
I'm one of them !!!!
The internet is to blame
I find this, I dont smoke, dont drink a lot, dont like chocolate, but I'm adicted to computers, and the net.... its a little strange to say the least!
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Nope, not really, yes I loved my childhood and tbh I still do all the stuff that I did then, it is me that has changed as opposed to things getting worse. Yes it would be nice to be a kid and be able to have the time of my life watching 5hours of cartoons but I had my turn, it is better to look to the future and think of all the cools stuff you haven't done yet.
But it is best to live in the present. That is how you will be happy.
I wish computers still excited me, the It industry tends to do that.
But it is best to live in the present. That is how you will be happy.
I wish computers still excited me, the It industry tends to do that.
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Same here, and i'm 20. God knows what i'll be like at 40.
I am 40, believe me the feelings are the same, you just forget what you've come upstairs for more often.
"it's ok to look back at the past, as long as you don't stare"
My favourite saying
This. But I end up staring a lot
A lot of you seem to be getting all nostalgic in your early 20s..
I think you're probably just getting to quarter-life-crisis!
It may not be as strong as the mid-life-crisis, but I think there's a definite period of missing childhood, lacking direction, and feeling a little bit lost and unsure during early-to-mid 20s. This is only going to make nostalgic thoughts stronger..
There's a lot of fun to be had as an adult/grown-up - sex, independence, money, a brain that can think deeply, a heart that can love beyond the child's love for mum & dad and the teenager's infatuations - sure loads of things become more complicated, but so what? Lots of it becomes background noise after a while.
Also, this world isn't the rose-tinted world of the past, but there's plenty of fun and beauty in it - we're all richer, safer and healthier. There have ALWAYS been chavs, or whatever you want to call the layabout part of the working class - BUT at least now the majority get somewhere to stay and enough to live on, instead of committing crime to survive.
It's all good people, there's fun stuff yet to come, however old you are...
I think you're probably just getting to quarter-life-crisis!
It may not be as strong as the mid-life-crisis, but I think there's a definite period of missing childhood, lacking direction, and feeling a little bit lost and unsure during early-to-mid 20s. This is only going to make nostalgic thoughts stronger..
There's a lot of fun to be had as an adult/grown-up - sex, independence, money, a brain that can think deeply, a heart that can love beyond the child's love for mum & dad and the teenager's infatuations - sure loads of things become more complicated, but so what? Lots of it becomes background noise after a while.
Also, this world isn't the rose-tinted world of the past, but there's plenty of fun and beauty in it - we're all richer, safer and healthier. There have ALWAYS been chavs, or whatever you want to call the layabout part of the working class - BUT at least now the majority get somewhere to stay and enough to live on, instead of committing crime to survive.
It's all good people, there's fun stuff yet to come, however old you are...
I used to be like that but as been said, so many more great memories to create.
Even though its fine to sometimes, Don't dwell on the past more than you dwell on the future.
Grown up life is hard, just accept things and move forward the best you can. Never allow yourself to get stuck in a rut.
Even though its fine to sometimes, Don't dwell on the past more than you dwell on the future.
Grown up life is hard, just accept things and move forward the best you can. Never allow yourself to get stuck in a rut.
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I've had some pretty good times in the past and I look back on how life was so much simpler when I was younger. I tend to get snowed under with all the bad bits these days and forget to look at the good bits in current life.
It's annoying, I agree.
It's how the brain works. We tend to store happy memories, and not those boring, upsetting or frustrating ones. It's a good thing, a present from evolution you could call it. If we kept every miserable thought in our heads we'd soon end up quite twisted and bitter. Suicide rates would shoot through the roof.
It's also why we don't have photographic memories, appararantly that part of our brain is present, but switched off. Our ancestors who could remember every event in exact detail were quite likely to never get over seeing something traumatic.
History isn't all it's cracked up to be.
But on the other hand, it's also worth considering life as an adult life is far more complicated and less fun.
It's also why we don't have photographic memories, appararantly that part of our brain is present, but switched off. Our ancestors who could remember every event in exact detail were quite likely to never get over seeing something traumatic.
History isn't all it's cracked up to be.
But on the other hand, it's also worth considering life as an adult life is far more complicated and less fun.