Here’s the author Jason Pargin riffing on the topic of nostalgia , and the key takeaways for him are that:
Nostalgia is toxic because it is the intense grasping for something that is definitionally forever outside of your reach
Nostalgia is a false rose-colored filter to view things through.
That said, I have a penchant for sentimentality, and fall victim to nostalgia at every given whim I get, especially when visiting my parents’ house where I grew up.
I love to allow myself to be transported to the viewpoint of my younger self, which I feel I have lost some connection to.
I often find I was stronger and more worthy than I gave myself credit for.
If only I could properly translate that into the current moment, it would remove a lot of self-doubt that holds me back from living with confident authenticity.
Here’s the author Jason Pargin riffing on the topic of nostalgia , and the key takeaways for him are that:
That said, I have a penchant for sentimentality, and fall victim to nostalgia at every given whim I get, especially when visiting my parents’ house where I grew up.
I love to allow myself to be transported to the viewpoint of my younger self, which I feel I have lost some connection to.
I often find I was stronger and more worthy than I gave myself credit for.
If only I could properly translate that into the current moment, it would remove a lot of self-doubt that holds me back from living with confident authenticity.
It’s weird seeing his name written out. I still stumble with not calling him David Wong.
Holy smokes! I see his online persona so often that I forgot he had a pen name!