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Martim Prada's avatar

Glad I got to read and interiorize this in my early twenties. Thanks!

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Dereck Johnson's avatar

Wise words

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stepfanie tyler's avatar

yesssss nostalgia courses through my veins 🤌🏼

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Vincent Lundström's avatar

The timing of this post hit just right.

Thanks a million for sharing.

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Negroni Popcorn's avatar

Using nostalgia as fuel to make new memories, great point!

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Photography Diary's avatar

Oh yes, I find myself romanticizing the past as well. Sometimes it's hard.

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Layla's avatar

Loved this read! Always struggled with nostalgia, permanently looking back on “better days”

You’re so right, nostalgia is a wolf in sheep's clothing.

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Anders Dahl's avatar

"How I’ve learned to let nostalgia fuel the present, not replace it" I needed to read that. Let the quality of the past guide to in your present. I'm often so afraid of the trap of nostalgia, I don't go back and revisit the adventures I had.

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Richard's avatar

Hey Riley, been following you for many years and this one really hit home.

This reminds me of last summer when i studied a course on Influencer Marketing where i actually chose to analyse you for my final exam.

I tried reaching out to you to actually get your confirmation on using some of your Instagram pictures for the report but with out success.

I made some interesting discoveries and maybe you would find it interesting to read now that one year has passed.

If you want to i can translate it to English from Swedish and send it over, the examinator gave it an A and i would love to hear if you agree on that scoring.

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Dee's avatar

I loved your perspective on nostalgia!

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