Embracing Nostalgia in a Digital World

Recently, we at Lozium were reminded about the nature of digital assets, and how people were slowly returning to owning their media physically (think DVDs, CDs, VHS tapes, Vinyl records and so on). And it got us reminiscing, so we headed to our storage space (fondly known as Narnia) and dug out our boxes of CDs.

As we sorted through them, it was one particular CD (Muse's Hullabaloo, if you must know), or rather, its price tag, that made us seriously nostalgic. Suddenly, memories of browsing the aisles in HMV were fresh in our mind, as if we were actually back there, having popped in with a little time to kill. Teenagers don't really seem to have that now, though they do have other places that will no doubt be part of their zeitgeist.

A result of feeling such strong waves of nostalgia led to a consideration about something else: the passing of time itself. Time is always right there behind us, reminding us that we really ought to make the best of things. And that can be hard. Modern times are stressful, there's a Cost of Living crisis, a housing emergency, and public services across the nation are functioning only because of their employees who keep things going. Amidst these things, being told to 'make the best' can feel ill-advised. What we would suggest though, is to really be present for those moments that are good, however rare or fleeting they may seem. Whether it's the chat you have with your colleagues as you hurriedly make your coffees or teas before heading to your classroom or your desk, whether it's a lunchtime laugh, something random that makes you smile, hang on to it. Let it carry you on.

And in the meantime, dig out your CDs, have a look through them. Play some of them (a DVD player will do if you don't have a CD player). Let the joy from times past reignite you.