A Sucker For Sentimental Things

Why am I here? I don't know anyone from my IRL friends that are here. I don't think. Perhaps it is because I long for the older and more simpler times of the internet. When things were new and new for longer than 3 seconds.

I am going to be 46 years old this year. I remember a time without internet, without computers in every home, and corded telephones. I was in my 20s when I got my first AOL account. I switched to MSN for awhile and played with their chat rooms. I used ICQ and ended up back at AOL. Then Myspace came along and I loved it. I loved playing with themes and finding the right look for whatever I felt at that time.

I also loved the platform to write my thoughts out. I ended up becoming a blogger for many years, all because of Myspace. I stopped blogging when I had a major change in my life but I still get to write online. I get paid for it now.

I spend my days on Facebook and wonder what happened. It's become the place where we go to be offended. We have stopped talking and started yelling. I spend more time sharing memes than trying to engage in actual conversation there. I can't quit Facebook though, I have lovely friends there that aren't making a move away from the platform. In the middle of a pandemic and miles away, it is my option to maintain the connection.

But I don't blog my thoughts there. I will do that here. Where I can feel that nostalgia take over and fulfill that part of me that longs for simplicity and familiarity.