Nostalgic Feelings That Most Everyone Can Relate To

Do you ever feel like you are stuck in a dream, catch yourself reminiscing on old times, or wanting to relive those memories that you ever so long for?

I have said countless of times how I never want to grow up. I remember days in middle school when I thought I was so old; looking back I was so innocent and little. When I was a senior in high school, I thought that I was invincible and that no one could boss me around or tell me to follow any rules.

Now that I am 22, I still feel young, but at the same time I miss my youth. I miss being a teenager when we had life so good and did not even realize it. College was some of the best years of our lives and it went by in the blink of an eye. It’s funny how life does that… But something most of us can all relate to are those feelings and similar experiences that we have all had.

Those feelings we look back on and wish we could go back to, those memories we have from several summers in a row, the routines we did as kids, but slowly faded away… The nostalgia, the sentimental longing or wistful affection for the past…

It is crazy how this feeling is so impactful, and how some of the feelings are similarly relatable to a lot of the same people.

I decided to ask my friends some nostalgic feelings/ moments that stand out most in their mind and I compiled a list.

If this interests you, check out some feelings of nostalgia and see if they relate to you:

Lying on the beach listening to the ocean
Riding on a boat at night
Being in a pool when it’s raining
Sonic after high school football games
Taking a shower during the day
Riding with the windows down on a sunny back road
Cooking dinner with your grandmother
The day before your birthday
Saturday night slumber parties in elementary school
Listening to Nora Jones in the car when it is raining
The feeling you get when the plane is taking off
Driving in the middle of the night with old friends
A shower after a day at the beach
Looking at the stars
Holding a fold out travel map
Swimming to the bottom of the pool
Not being able to drive and making the older sibling take you everywhere
Your first kiss
Slip-n-slides
Dyeing easter eggs
Making pancakes
Eating at a picnic table
Gas station icees in the summer
Catching beads and candy at a parade
Waking up early when no one is driving on the road
The last night before school
Late night gas station stops
Snow days
Walking out of the movie theatre at night when you get there when the sun is still out
The beginning of each season
Christmas morning
Going to the zoo
Carving jack-o-lanterns
Half price shakes after 8pm at Sonic all summer long
Taking a bubble bath