Your Nostalgia Is Holding You Back
A Zara t-shirt with Hannah Montana's face on it sold out in minutes when it dropped earlier this year. Delia's is back. Webkinz is back. Songs from 2007 keep climbing the Billboard Hot 100. We are, collectively, refusing to age.
I’ll be the first to admit that I’m obsessed with the past. I love old movies, old books, and old music. I love physical media, whether it comes in the form of vinyl records or plastic Guitar Hero controllers, both of which can be found in my parents' basement. I love Polaroid cameras, watching the Looney Tunes on Saturday morning, and Disney Channel original movies. I love, love, love listening to those "Best of the 2000s" playlists that have been meticulously crafted by other Spotify users, because nothing will boost your spirit quite like listening to "Party in the USA" for the hundredth time. But for everything that I love about the past, it sometimes feels like an attempt for us to escape the present.