Do you have the desire to live in the Past?

If you do, (Which I'm sure most people using Spacehey do since its based of Myspace) please consider giving this a read

When I refer to this, I'm not just referring to aesthetics or fashion or music or what most younger generations get jealous about that the older generations got to experience. I mean do you ever catch yourself wishing today wasn't 2025, and that you were living a similar life, just pre-covid? Cause it's not necessarily that I want to live in the glam of the 80's or have a clubbing type of life-style similar to the 90's and early 2000's, it's more I wish I wasn't living in the 2020's. Every day I wake up feeling this bland emotion, remembering that today is 2025, I have a phone, I use social media, I probably overconsume more than I realise, I eat crappy food all the time, I'm living in a bit of a misery and so forth. 

The world just seems so dull, and it gotten worse as time goes on. With the introduction of AI especially, as an art lover myself this has really taken a toll on the hope I have for the future. Sometimes when I go outside, I may feel okay, but it doesn't stay that way. I go out to walk as much as a I possibly can, but I'm constantly reminded what year it is, I try to have a positive outlook but the moment I look down at my phone, and I realise that really, I'm going to go back home, sit down and stare. Everyday. Even my own mother has caught onto that lifestyle.

I catch myself getting dumber as the years go on, lying in bed doing absolutely nothing, feeling a desire to do something but it all feels quite dull. My media literacy is lacking, math skills lacking, I can't spell quite right and everything I seem to write or explain never makes sense. Even hanging out with friends, there's always that constant feeling in the back of my head that life doesn't feel quite right, and I think maybe if this were another decade I'd be happier? Perhaps more comfortable in my way of life, at least. Being a young gen-z that has a love for older stuff makes me feel so outcasted, there is such a lack of people like this and it's disappointing to feel so secluded from society especially considering that everyone seems pretty content with their way of life and I don't. I hate looking down at my phone, I hate social medias, I hate doing a lot of the things I currently do. It's gotten to the point when listening to older music I enjoy greatly I feel slightly sad that I wasn't there to experience it.

And I know greatly that the past decades where not as glamorous or fantastic as some people assume it to be. Living in 2025 I am blessed with the choice to not be ignorant to issues outside of my room, I have the ability to recognise and understand current world situations and learn, but sometimes the more I learn the more I think Yikes... Do we really have that long left?