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Thanks for reading this month’s newsletter which focuses on a nostalgia theme. This month, I’m asking readers, what are you nostalgic about? For me, it is 90s video games and cornerstone candy that they don’t make anymore. What about you?
Recess at school. Planned break during the day to get outside and run around!
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Hi Soheil, I do have fond memories of the Commodore 64 and those floppy disks. Thanks for bringing me back.
The life of playing and enjoying life outside. Being outside and not on the virtual world. Engaging people face to face where everything seems simple.
I miss the 90s cartoon network! Especially having all the time in the world to watch Tom & Jerry and Dexter’s. I also miss the free time that we used to have as kids to innocently ponder over things and wonder how they work!
I’m feelin nostalgic about Christmas. The snow is starting to fly today and I have to admit I have already started listening to Christmas music. Christmas is going to look very different this year due to the pandemic and it’s making me sad because I love a big Christmas with friends, family, good food, and wine!
For me its the smell of fresh laundry on a cold winter or fall night that brings me back to walking to and from friends houses when I was younger and couldn’t drive yet. Ah to be young and stubborn again!
Nokia cell phones with buttons and Ice cream trucks
Super Nintendo all weekend long
Definitely nostalgic about concerts, even though it hasn’t been that long yet without them. However, being someone who goes to about 4/5 a year, it’s has me missing them big time along with the friends and family who join me and that make memories with.
Hi Olivia,
Great one! The pandemic is really putting a strain on concerts, forcing most bands to move to free or paid live streams. I was lucky enough to do a drive-in concert last month in Ottawa. It was different but still great. We had the option of winding down the windows or tuning in to the local radio channel for the audio.
Loved the Fidget cube, wasn’t aware of it, and really amazing.
Thanks for the comment Ghulam. It does look like the Fidget Cube would be effective and perhaps addictive. I might have to pick a few up for a future newsletter giveaway.
Nostalgic about eating at the University canteen with friends on November 04 2008 on our last day at university. The friend from university living close to my current place is 12 hours drive / 1000 km away. Visited his city last month but haven’t met him due to Covid. Haven’t meet anyone from university for last 8 years.
All the snacks.
I get warm / fuzzy feelings about the god old days listening to Rock ‘N’ Roll oldies
I get nostalgic about the days when MTV was playing good music.
Nostalgic about childhood days that were free from worries and full of fun.
When COVID just started, my very old friend told me: “You will see how the World breaks into two parts: BEFORE and AFTER”
I am an immigrant and there was a lot happening in my life, but it was manageable.
When I see Le Chateau (created in 1959) whose jackets used to buy John Lennon, announced about its closures of 123 stores; and a silent glass windows of David’s Tea in the Mall – the company with about 240 stores functioning all over the World…Before
My nostalgia is about everything left in the World… Before
I get nostalgic about lazy Sunday afternoons in the winter as a child with lots of homemade snacks and movies. Now I make a point to have a similar atmosphere for my kids to unwind, relax and enjoy one another.
I get nostalgic about LEGO. Now, I get to enjoy watching my kids play, build and create for hours on end.
high oil prices
I’m nostalgic about playing sports as a kid. I mean, 3 or 4 hours straight with friends, multiple days a week.
Even if I have the time now, I don’t think my body can handle it.
Playing soccer on the weekend and hanging out after the game having a barbecue and listening to fun music.
I’m feeling nostalgic about all the family events we used to have when I was a kid. Over the years, we’ve seen each other less and less. Now with the pandemic, I haven’t seen most of my extended family all year. But I have find memories of being in a house full of people, sharing food, laughing, and loving life. Hopefully we can get back to that someday.