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Is Nostalgia A Trap?

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Do you ever get nostalgic?

Ever think back to the days when you were younger, playing video games, Minecraft, Call of Duty, etc?

Nostalgia definitely can be good or bad, sometimes there is nothing more wholesome and fun then, for example setting up split screen on your PC and playing Minecraft with an old friend or a group of your childhood friends.

Then again though it can be bad, it can be a distraction, a lot of people these days especially young people, young men, and whatnot, it is like we are blinded by nostalgia in a way.

We are blinded by stuff like OG Minecraft, Garry's Mod, summer of 2016 and stuff, and it can distract you from the present moment, a lot of people today look back at these times with “gold-tinted glasses” in reality, sure the times may have been good and etc, the truth is you forget the bad times back then, and they genuinely were not as good as you think.

Lack of presence is one of the biggest reasons for unhappiness, and even focus and stuff, for example of you are working hard on your business, and you randomly get thoughts about nostalgia and the past, that can be bad.

I guess the message I am trying to give you across this post is nostalgia is great and I love it but it can also be a double-edged sword.

So enjoy nostalgia, when the time is right, and do not glamourise it / try relive it to often as it can be a distraction of done too much, and it can distract you and make you unhappy in the present, and lose your gratitude for the present.

And yeah, I would like to end this post by saying this famous quote:

”Don’t be sad, it’s over. Be grateful it happened.”

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