Used to be Young: my problem with nostalgia

DⒶWN
2 min readAug 25, 2023

okay, I’m just gonna say it…

I’m not really feeling Miley’s new single

tbh I think that’s probably because the whole “tearfully reminiscing about days gone by” thing is just never really gonna land for me

I think this is a pretty common thing amongst people who transition when they’re older, but I don’t really feel a lot of warm, nostalgic feelings when I look back over my life

cus, aside from early childhood, any memory prior to the age of about 30 is kiiiiiinda tainted by the…

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