Same here, nostalgic for the times when I’d stay up all night playing N64 and eating pizza in my friend’s basement. But I also recognize I was a child so I had no responsibilities and not really any way to engage with the wider problems in the world, so of course it was all just a bowl of cherries.
I also later came to find out during that time my dad came into a bunch of money. I love my dad but I also know he doesn’t really have a lot of marketable skills. He lost his job just before coming into that money and I don’t think he’d be able to make much more than minimum wage but also support a family (the job he lost was a favor someone did him so he was making more than he would otherwise). Had that not happened I’m sure my childhood would be drastically different.
Same here, nostalgic for the times when I’d stay up all night playing N64 and eating pizza in my friend’s basement. But I also recognize I was a child so I had no responsibilities and not really any way to engage with the wider problems in the world, so of course it was all just a bowl of cherries.
I also later came to find out during that time my dad came into a bunch of money. I love my dad but I also know he doesn’t really have a lot of marketable skills. He lost his job just before coming into that money and I don’t think he’d be able to make much more than minimum wage but also support a family (the job he lost was a favor someone did him so he was making more than he would otherwise). Had that not happened I’m sure my childhood would be drastically different.