You should literally forget your past
There is literally nothing worth remembering
IT is utterly impossible to bring back the past
Even if you bring “back” the past — you’re really only creating the future
Past, as you recall it — has nothing to do with what happened
Past is idealized or demonized to fit your current beliefs
You write your own narrative to suit what you want to believe
It is thus a self-induglent and delusional process — rather then worthwhile and meaningful and constructive
You accumulate memories like you would accumulate money
At first it’s useful — eventually it’s overabundant, surfeit, and thus useless
It becomes a distraction
See what is there to gain from the past?
Knowledge, at first, yes
Inspiration? Not truly
And after that — it’s only a distraction, delusion, procrastination
Your achievements are a patch for ego
You, who stagnated, seeking some pride in the past
There is only what you did today
What you did today is the only thing to ever be proud of
And anything but that is a distraction — thus detrimental to you today, the REAL you today
To be nostalgic is to be defeatist
It is to assume that you have no power over today to bring about any reality that you should desire
I never met a true doer who complained about days begone
To be nostalgic is also to be delusional and ignorant
You are being ignorant of your own minds idealisations
You are blissfully ignorant to indulge yourself in the nectars of nostalgia — rather than do something
Why did I write this text?
To remind myself how nonsensical nostalgia is
And to remind myself to remind others how nonsensical nostalgia is
Truly the only way to look at the past is in the context of what you can do today
Obviously it’s the only productive way, proactive way, since it’s the only one which entails action (rather then mawkish sighing)
Remind yourself when you look back that the real reason you’re looking back is to look forward — is to do something
Then do something — don’t linger in that reality for too long
It is obviously defeatist and unreal, it’s no place you want to be, if you’re interested in LIVING
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