So, thanks to the facebook timeline, you can review all your past activities and retrospect.
I was going through one of such conversations with a friend. I was sitting in front of my computer waiting for a hot cup of tea and reading all that old stuff, I realised just how much of a kid I was. The way I talked was different, my language was completely different, my way of talking, the way I dressed up, the stuff I said, the people around me, everything was completely different from what I am like today.
Its not like I'm an eighty year old woman right now, I'm just nineteen and I can't help thinking to myself "What the hell was wrong with me back then?"
I'd change the things I said, the way I talked or even the decisions I took that time. The decisions, now I know to be wrong. Maybe I'd like a second chance on everything and maybe change it all. Save the energy on the random fights or the playful insults. But then if I changed it all and I read all that probably after the next few years, wouldn't I still think "What the hell was wrong with me back then?", wouldn't I?
The fact always remains that no matter how maturely you handle your life at one point of time, when you retrospect, you'll always think stuff like "I was such a kid" or "What a confused kid I was?". You can't help it. You'll always end up thinking that. And that is because we think that we're a better version of ourselves today than we were back then. But if you think about it, are we really a better version of ourselves? Yes, we were the confused, bracey, "kewl" kids in the past but we had that innocence and that care-free attitude that let us say "Lolzzz" in place of "Lol". It was because of that confused-yet-care-free-follow-your-heart-and-the-brain-could-go-to-hell attitude that made you take the decisions that you aren't particularly fond of but can't get yourself to hate.
Retrospection is misunderstood. Everyone says its not the best thing to do. I say its the best thing when you're alone with yourself and you want to get a smile on your face. Either its the Oh-I-am-such-a-cool-kid image of yourself that you get to see or the conversations you had with the people around you, it will get a smile on your face. And most of all, no matter the age, you'll end up saying " Ah, I wish I could relive those good ol' days.."
:)
Ps, the best part about this post is, after a couple of years, when I read this, I'll still think, "What the bloody hell was wrong with me?" :)
I was going through one of such conversations with a friend. I was sitting in front of my computer waiting for a hot cup of tea and reading all that old stuff, I realised just how much of a kid I was. The way I talked was different, my language was completely different, my way of talking, the way I dressed up, the stuff I said, the people around me, everything was completely different from what I am like today.
Its not like I'm an eighty year old woman right now, I'm just nineteen and I can't help thinking to myself "What the hell was wrong with me back then?"
I'd change the things I said, the way I talked or even the decisions I took that time. The decisions, now I know to be wrong. Maybe I'd like a second chance on everything and maybe change it all. Save the energy on the random fights or the playful insults. But then if I changed it all and I read all that probably after the next few years, wouldn't I still think "What the hell was wrong with me back then?", wouldn't I?
The fact always remains that no matter how maturely you handle your life at one point of time, when you retrospect, you'll always think stuff like "I was such a kid" or "What a confused kid I was?". You can't help it. You'll always end up thinking that. And that is because we think that we're a better version of ourselves today than we were back then. But if you think about it, are we really a better version of ourselves? Yes, we were the confused, bracey, "kewl" kids in the past but we had that innocence and that care-free attitude that let us say "Lolzzz" in place of "Lol". It was because of that confused-yet-care-free-follow-your-heart-and-the-brain-could-go-to-hell attitude that made you take the decisions that you aren't particularly fond of but can't get yourself to hate.
Retrospection is misunderstood. Everyone says its not the best thing to do. I say its the best thing when you're alone with yourself and you want to get a smile on your face. Either its the Oh-I-am-such-a-cool-kid image of yourself that you get to see or the conversations you had with the people around you, it will get a smile on your face. And most of all, no matter the age, you'll end up saying " Ah, I wish I could relive those good ol' days.."
:)
Ps, the best part about this post is, after a couple of years, when I read this, I'll still think, "What the bloody hell was wrong with me?" :)
