I don't look back with fondness on the early days out of college, when I was struggling financially, trying to get a job that gave me health insurance and other benefits, and working three part-time jobs to make ends meet. At least, I don't look fondly on them because of the financial struggle. That part was such a hassle, and I'm still making my way up the financial ladder to where I WANT to be.

What I look back fondly on from those times is that everything was NEW. I was a new adult, newly on my own in a new world. Most of the things I was doing and experiencing were totally new to me. I was doing them for the first time. That's where the nostalgia comes. It's fun when everything is new.

Even though I have a lot of experience in the world now, and have definitely changed as a person over the years based on this experience, I still try to keep adding new experiences. Keeping things new means someday, I'll look back on THIS time with nostalgia, too. After all, it's been said happiness isn't bought by things, but by experiences. There are endless new experiences to be had in this universe.