Why I love 1920s and older eras

I am a living young millennial who appreciates the advanced technologies and inventions today, but, honestly, I appreciate and look up to people who survived and lived in the no-tech life. People back then knows the value of things so much more than people today due to the ease in all things instant. As some parents may have told us when we were kids, “the more you have to work up through the challenge, the more you will appreciate and value a certain thing.” For instance, you wanted to buy a toy you really love, but your parents told you to get a 90% score on your math test, so you work as hard as you could to do 90% well on your test to get that toy. Once you got them, you knew how difficult it was to be able to get it, so you won’t waste it or put the toy aside just after 3 days. The things that has a valuable story behind it lasts longer and will not be put to waste easily. The more instant things are, the more disposable it is.

This is exactly why I like the old periods a lot more. The non-existence of advanced technology puts people to work on almost all things in life. The messaging possibilities - back then, all you could do was send messages through letters, telegrams, and telephones (even this was considered expensive). These messaging deliveries takes time and money, which required such effort for people to communicate with one another. This actually proved the amount of longer lasting love relationships, and most types of relationships. Letters became a hopeful medium to most people as they expect messages from their loved ones over certain length of time. I mean, if i were them, I would go crazy waiting for replied letters. Even today, I couldn't possibly live my day knowing a friend or loved one not having replied my messages. I think that there must have been less BS back then when it comes to messages. I mean, think about it. Important points must have been made straightly. And every messaging mediums must have had its own specific purpose to it. Life seem a lot simpler back then, well besides all the hard work and efforts you have to put in to most things.

Aside from messaging, I feel like making new friends was much easier back then, as well as socialising. I mean, today, as much as we socialise, it would mostly be online, on social media, in the non-living world. Yes, social media and the online world today can be a good outreach to the outside world and globally connected, but, sometimes it makes people easily forget about the people, society and environment that’s sitting right in front of our actual faces. It’s sad to see at times. Almost about 97% of the time I am on the train, every single person around me would have their heads down on their screens and most wouldn’t care to look up at all. Sometimes this kind of scenarios intimidates me to bring myself into the 19-something world. How people would be back then on public transports, what would they be doing when gadgets weren't there to keep them occupied, all these things. My imagination came out to be like this; some people would be lost in their books or newspapers or any other printed publication mediums, some would be introducing themselves to one another making new friends, business/working men would talk with one another and welcome other business men to join in their conversations, ladies would busy themselves looking at themselves in the mirror they hold up to fix their makeups, and so much more. The train must look so alive and humanly. I still wish that I could ever experience being in such environment.

Yet, nature must also be so much more genuinely appreciated. People would hang out in the park, fields would be filled with kids playing all sorts of games like frisbee, soccer, etc, camping activities, fishing, and all the fun outdoor stuff. Today, as from what I’ve observed, people do these things for the sake of being acceptable on social media, getting the amount of likes and comments and followers they would feel satisfied with. Gosh, writing this makes people today look so fucked up. But, I don't blame anyone and I am not against it at all. There are so many amazingly good things from today’s generation too, like, new inventions, ease of networking, business global outreach, and many other advanced technologies that brings so much ease in our lives. It is just a way different century from the previous ones. And me, as a person who’s born in the 1999, I was able to be close to the old era in experiencing slight similar lifestyle. I grew up in a non-technology environment, so I was lucky enough to have a living, decent childhood experience. The only thing I would be stuck on every time was watching TV, once I sat on the couch and turned on the TV, there was no way I was able to do other things anyone asked me to do. Other than that, I played soccer on the wide, huge grass field, I played with cooking toys, did art activities like colouring, painting, struggling with glue, cutting papers into various shapes, making origami and other fun things. I cherish those moments I had experienced. The goods and bads made be who I am today.

You see, even I at times feel like I need to be more mentally trained and challenged to have a stronger foundation in myself to overcome the challenges in life better. And again, instancy is such a dangerous thing in the current century, it is a good way to safe time, money and other things maybe, but it makes things so disposable as well. What is right and wrong is not so clear anymore. It is somehow frightening. I certainly do not know how the generation after this one would turn the world into. I hope this home we call earth would still be an earthly place with humanity in it, keeping the earth through humanly actions and most importantly treat one another humanly too. I could go on and on about this all day, but, I think ya’ll get my point.

Any viewpoints are welcomed to be discussed.

Thank you for your time to read. Have a wonderful day! :)