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this item originally appeared in written form on lennybenaicha.blog

this item originally appeared in written form on lennybenaicha.blog

this item originally appeared in written form on lennybenaicha.blog

this item originally appeared in written form on lennybenaicha.blog

this item originally appeared in written form on lennybenaicha.blog

this item originally appeared in written form on lennybenaicha.blog

this item originally appeared in written form on lennybenaicha.blog

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it’s saturday morning, and you decide to grind some east-african coffee beans. you’re fancy like that. you brew a cup of joe. eager to taste the black gold, you put your lips to the steaming cup. you hesitate, pause and think for a second about the temperature of the coffee. it’s probably too hot.how will you know for sure, though? you take a sip. guess what. it’s too hot.completely neglecting the fact you were able to witness steam emerging from your cup seconds ago.you don’t always need sensory input to believe (in something).more one minute reads on lennybenaicha.blog

nostalgia is overrated and easy to exploit. as it turns out, people aren’t reluctant to spend top currency for items, services, or experiences that hold nostalgic value to them.our brains are tricky like that. as a protection mechanism, they sometimes sugar coat the past for us. how awfully nice of them. as a result, past experiences may seem better now than they did at that moment in time. it’s like an instagram filter for the mind. visualizing experiences with brighter, more vibrant colors. omitting (proverbial) grey rainy days from our memories, while we’re at it.agatha christie once said: “never go back to a place where you have been happy. until you do it remains alive for you. if you go back it will be destroyed.” in other words, don’t be a buzzkill and keep the magic alive.it’s always risky to fall in love with an idea, both past- and present ideas. thinking back of places where you used to live makes you reminisce about the concept of yourself as a person, and perhaps even miss your former self. that’s a slippery slope. if we are somehow under the impression that we used to be happier in the past, we long for a version of ourselves that is no longer there. in doing so, we neglect the fact that we’ve undoubtedly grown as a person, and in true – dwell on the past – style, regret the passing of time.i wouldn’t go as far, saying you should never go back to a place where you have been happy. manage your expectations and be aware that the tingle in your spine you are chasing is probably no longer there; it was with you all along.

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