RECOURSE TO MEMORY - 2025: The New 2015

Șeșureac Natalia Ioana

11th Grade A

Lately, while surfing on the internet I keep getting this big wave of Deja-

vu, like AS IF I have seen these trends and posts before at some time in

the past. It is true, I have seen them a long time ago, and what seemed to 

be forgotten in the back of my mind is coming back up from

passive memory shelves.

There is no doubt that today we feel more nostalgic than ever. We are

closer to the age of maturity, and it is obvious that if we could slow

down time and experience being kids again and having no worry in

the world, we would. This explains why we play with

Kendama’s in the hallways and why we play games on our phones that

we used to play when we were kids. We want to feel how we felt back

then because we have just now realized that those moments were the

best moments of our lives. Not to mention how fast time passes. Of

course, we try to do everything to stick to the past and to the things that

brought us joy because in just the blink of an eye we can wake up ten

years older without even realizing IT.

On the other hand, we were also young kids watching adolescents living

their lives in the most amazing and beautiful way. We wanted what they

had, and we wanted to feel the way they did. However, once we grew 

up, we hoped we could bring back the trends and the vibes of that time

to feel them on our own skin and have our own experience of it. I think

it is fair to say that we succeeded in bringing back some of those habits,

customs and traditions . We tried using the filters, singing the

songs, bringing back the old makeup styles, watching the old Disney

shows and movies. We did get a glimpse of the old times.

However, nothing could have prepared us for the actual truth. No matter

how hard we try we cannot fully replicate those originals feelings the

2010’s gave us. It was something so authentic that even though we try to

use the filters again, to sing those songs and to act a certain way, the past 

stays where it belongs and the present cannot take its place. And an

aspect that has slipped out of our hands is that our personality has

changed over the years and we have shaped our teenage life

differently from what we imagined it would be. Not to mention the new 

generation Alpha that is starting to take our place. Maybe they also wish

they had our lives and, in a few years, 2025 will be for them what 2015

is for us.

Irrevocably, nostalgia is consuming us everyday and despite

the fact that we wish we could go back in time to relive what we thought 

would last forever, nothing can replace the 2010’s lifestyle.