I used to be happier

[Aodhan]

I mean... I have a stable life, a job, girlfriend but I feel somewhat sad (?) I just found this old pen drive with a bunch of pictures and videos of me and my friends, jokes... Oh the nostalgia! life seemed simpler back then.. I had to care about things but not half of things I have to care now and I thought "I was so happy back then how could I not see it?" I'm young and I want someone older to answer me this: in the future, will I look back and have the same feeling? How can I avoid that? I know I can't have the same life I had 5 years ago and I don't know how my life will be 5 years in the future. I don't want to find out after years that I was actually happy and didn't know it

I know this isn't a real/serious place, but I've been here for years and I like to open my heart now and then (:

[TheOldNorth]

Eat more meat and less sugar, and bread, giving your brain what it craves can fix some of its problems and prevent future ones

[Aodhan]

Eat more meat and less sugar, and bread, giving your brain what it craves can fix some of its problems and prevent future ones

geez thanks for nothing

[pulstar]

I think the answer is "you can't". When you're younger you think about less things, you need less things, and you do less meaningful things and have more time for fun. You live in presence. As you get older things get more complicated, because if you're serious about your life you'll start to think more about your future and legacy, as well as about all of the problems you have and how to avoid/solve them, and as younger person you easily forget them. In other words you're harder to get pleased. That's all normal. I guess, if there is a way to become more happy at that point its to try to accomplish some dream of yours that you never did.

[Kraftwerk]

Life is meaningless, if you don't give one. Learn about stoicism, minimalism, being happy by smaller things. Don't crave for women, don't crave for better jobs, more money. Minimalism keeps one financially stronger too. Eliminate those external effects on your happiness. If you live alone, pet a stray cat.

[TheMaestro]

I know right, nostalgia is such a shit feeling, I had this shit too, Idk what to advice you. What can I say you life goes on and you will feel shit just today, get some weed or drink some beer. I play alot of football too, so I have no depressions bruv.

[Moje ime]

I don't want to find out after years that I was actually happy and didn't know it

You answered your question.

[Dick]

Don't you live in Brazil? There's 20 feet of snow surrounding me. I used to be happier when I was a kid during winter but now It dosn't make me happy because I don't like snow anymore. Life isn't that bad if you live in a nicer climate region so I'd cheer up if I were you because you could be stuck in snow instead.

[Armenian Bishop]

Don't you live in Brazil? There's 20 feet of snow surrounding me. I used to be happier when I was a kid during winter but now It dosn't make me happy because I don't like snow anymore. Life isn't that bad if you live in a nicer climate region so I'd cheer up if I were you because you could be stuck in snow instead.

Brazil is vulnerable to climate change impacts, including reduced water availability, risk of coastal flooding and health risks associated with heat stress and changing patterns of climate sensitive vector borne diseases such as malaria and dengue fever.
http://origin.who.int/globalchange/r...ile-Brazil.pdf

The Africanized honey bee was first introduced to Brazil in 1956 in an effort to increase honey production, but 26 swarms escaped quarantine in 1957. Since then, the hybrid has spread throughout South America and arrived in North America in 1985. Hives were found in south Texas in the United States in 1990.[
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Africanized_bee

[Westbrook]

Yes. You might just need a change of scenery. Don't stay in the same place forever.

in the future, will I look back and have the same feeling? How can I avoid that?