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Those who have moved residences, do you still remember all the places you've been, do you feel anything about it when remembering it or looking at street views? Do you feel sentinmental about it? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

[–] Vegan_Joe@piefed.world 7 points 1 day ago

Holy smokes! I see his online persona so often that I forgot he had a pen name!

Those who have moved residences, do you still remember all the places you've been, do you feel anything about it when remembering it or looking at street views? Do you feel sentinmental about it? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

[–] Vegan_Joe@piefed.world 11 points 1 day ago

"No man ever steps in the same river twice". Everything flows.

Similarly, impermanence is a fundamental aspect of reality, and fighting it ultimately results in feeling things are unsatisfactory in some way.

Those who have moved residences, do you still remember all the places you've been, do you feel anything about it when remembering it or looking at street views? Do you feel sentinmental about it? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

[–] Vegan_Joe@piefed.world 18 points 2 days ago (2 children)

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.