Back to 00s

By Emma Christabelle

“This moment will just be another story someday.”

- Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallower

That quote has stuck with me for some time throughout my life; how every passing moment, time ticks mercilessly and that moment that I just witnessed can disappear within a blink of an eye. Even through moments I'm witnessing in front of me I can think, wow, I hope this memory will stick with me until the day I die.

Music is a form of a time capsule to many, including me. Walking into a café and hearing that one song you know, memories rushing back and you remember that one moment where you sang it together on a karaoke with your friends, or jammed it on a guitar on a late Thursday. You smile as you look at those happy moments of yourself, just by one song that you remember it by.

For me, songs from the 2000s provide me that same nostalgic feeling. I would remember listening to it in my dad's car on a road trip, how I'd stare into the abyss of the car window thinking I'm having that main character moment. These songs would take me back to the days when I was younger, when life was still carefree and I had not much on my plate of distress.

Of course, many times I wish I can turn back time and return to the days of these carefree moments, but why should I continuously put myself in a state of reminiscence and not look at the moments right now? Why don't I use these songs and make them as happy now as I was before? I want to provide the same nostalgic feeling to those listening to these and hopefully listeners would remember those happy days, and apply it to your life right now. Don't keep reminiscing yourself of the good old days but instead make those good days happen again before everything is too late. Maybe one day, when you're in your 50s or 60s, you can look back and be proud of living your life rather than always sulking over your past.

Listen to the playlist here! https://open.spotify.com/playlist/56Z4Rm5jUuiJwH6JHVfki1?si=el6xqPqER7my26qYzRhbdQ&pi=u-LEgTI0E_R-e2