It took me years to not let nostalgia cloud the present. I was constantly thinking about how I could go back or recreate the feeling of that moment, but life doesnt work that way. We can long for the past all we want but that shit ain’t returning. So I’ve just accepted that whatever is in the rearview is long gone and the present has some good shit coming my way. Forward momentum, never backward.
ngl seeing my old classmate, who never had/wanted a smartphone or any device ever, 5 years later with only a flip phone lowk healed me today. like yes girl stay true to yourself please I love it when things stay the same after years, it gives me hope somehow. Like why do we always have to strive for more? If we're already cool we can just leave things as they are for some time. I don't see anything wrong with that.
i'd say, to being content in the moment, this existence is all too frail to constantly be wishing you were somewhere else or the circumstances were different. it might sound easier said than done but the cycle of 'wanting' is never ending. when you're somewhere else you'll be wishing for different things and never fully enjoy/be where you are. i think you can consciously push for certain things to change, and they will, but there's certainly a reason you are where you are right now
If you also felt like you're supposed to be into Talking Heads but never found your way there on your own, this is the way. Went to the cinema to see the newly released A24 remaster, just a delightful time.
