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the most therapeutic experience i think ive ever had has been revisiting minecraft worlds from when i was a kid.
i went through a really difficult time last january (messy breakup, shitty dorm life, health complications, family drama, social isolation, everything kind hit me at once lol) and it was so nice at a time where everything felt so complicated to be reminded of simpler times.
i had brought my old xbox with me to college and for some reason or another i loaded up minecraft and scrolled the world selection screen all the way to a world i made with my brother and sister nearly ten years ago. we all live in different corners of the country now and i haven’t seen them in ~2 years at this point. i walked through the farm, boat racing tracks, rollercoasters, and houses we’d built for ourselves and just started crying.
in other worlds there are memories with friends i might never speak to again, high school crushes ill definitely never speak to again, and family i miss dearly all bundled up in a game that takes up just a couple of gigabytes on my xbox. survival worlds started during a sleepover and then quickly abandoned, creative worlds set aside for statues or houses with redstone wired lights, and a sea of worlds empty and abandoned with nothing in them at all.
i think revisiting those worlds and those memories gave me some much needed closure on things.
i still go back to my old worlds every once in a while and walk around, and im so grateful to have them to look back on and see how far ive come.
Feb 2, 2025
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i decided to bike around with an old route i used to whereabout as a child since i’m a litol down 🥺
for me, visiting a childhood spot/playground is sentimental and it heals a piece of your inner child in some way. (at least for me, might not be for everyone)
i like wall climbing as a working adult now so that after biking around, i remember that this is the first place i tried a mini wall climbing here as a child.
got teary-eyed because i‘ve been feeling a stranger to myself lately and some old places will remind you of the good times, who you used to be, and that no matter how different times are, you’ll remember how you used to like the stuff you’ve been doing now and/or before. i can’t help but to remind myself, it was there all along.
Jun 24, 2024
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Some of us are getting old, and it’s time to revisit our past lives (our childhood/youth). I’ve had so much fun listening to old warped tour bands and seeing who held up and who didn’t (spoiler: underoath and Norma Jean still rock). Make your favorite childhood meal. Go watch your favorite childhood show on YouTube. remember your youth and enjoy how far you’ve come.
Jan 26, 2024
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I was a lil weirdo as a teenager, my hobbies consumed my life and my every thought. As I grew older, I no longer had time for what I used to love to do—I slowly became what I feared I would become: a responsible adult who did not have time for fun.
When I realised this, I fell into a black hole of reliving my old hobbies, and it’s honestly so freeing. I feel so content, I look forward to going home from work and sitting in bed while I watch the shows I used to binge or read the genre of manga I used to love. It’s a comforting sense of nostalgia, as if that free part of me never died. My mood has lightened and I feel myself being more warm towards others around me, I was surprised at the sheer impact of how simple the pleasures can turn your life around.
Make time for your childhood self, they’re waiting for you to come back home.
Jan 29, 2025
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the way this song slowly builds and then hits you over and over again like a wave with its bridge is utterly phenomenal. one of the few songs with a runtime over 5 minutes that really earns it
this song feels like running into an old friend while walking through a secluded forest in the fall and then catching up over a cup of black coffee
Jan 9, 2025
this whole album is amazing, but this song specifically is such an earworm. the way lenker delivers the chorus is so incredibly catchy ive been trying to get it out of my head for months but still cant.
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