Nostalgia for a time I was too young to enjoy - anyone else?

Missing the whole early 2000's has always saddened me and made me to get into it as an aesthetic. Luckily I do have a lot of nostalgic childhood memories of this era but there's so much more that I'll only be able to look at as a relic. The early internet was AMAZING but I was too young to do much other than play games and browse. The first YouTube video I ever saw was "Justin Bieber eats poop" (God knows why, lmao). I'm so thankful to have gotten a taste of the early 2000's but being a teen then would have been so cool. I'm afraid I'll be stuck in this "midlife crisis" of Y2K forever since I wasn't able to experience that. Anyone else?

 

And now we have instant nostalgia for things that we are too old to enjoy.

 

The 50s --60s and 70s. Those were the days of great and interesting changes. I'm glad I was there.

 

For the most part. Those decades had the best music.

 

I had no need to travel, between the age of 13 and 20, those cinemas I worked at part time were in Kings Rd Chelsea.
Friday and Saturday nights were like a freak show, with frequent girls running down the road starke naked. I was able to watch it all from roof level, so it was a bit surreal.
When the sun rose on Sunday morning and the revellers had all gone home, somehow it all seemed fake.
Every shop was a pub, restaurant or boutique and the prices of the retro clothing were out of this world.



This was the cinema where it all happened. The projection equipment is my avatar picture.

 

That's actually the reason for my username- travelling is the one thing that poofs away my worries about missing out because nothing has ever brought me more excitement than the road, and it always seems to connect me to other people. I'll admit I'm definitely not an actual vagabond (yet, anyways) but I'll be damned if I wasn't obsessed with the idea of it. In the mean time I'll keep going on my little expeditions. I know one day I'll see the world like you though, and it's going to be an adventure. The best time I've ever had was when I was genuinely stranded for a few days with nowhere to go and no one to call. Met some really great people and had an amazing time. Visiting another country would be the ultimate back scratch that flighty itch, I'll bet

 

I was a true vagabond in my very long ago younger days. Moved about at a whim, stayed wherever or nowhere, snuck into festivals that weren't free. etc. etc, etc. Now I still travel whenever the notion takes me. Luckily my partner of nearer 50 than 40 years is likeminded.

 

Sounds familiar to me. I went where I wanted, when I wanted , said what I wanted , did what I wanted , all financed by ME.Getting short on money? Make 10 phone calls--get my pick of eight roofing jobs. Replenish the $ stash and move on. Ahhh---those were the days.