Member-only story

Loving the place (and time) where you are

Do you feel stuck in your crappy sector of reality?

Kate F
Generate Magic
7 min readMay 13, 2023

--

Photo by Pinhua Chen on Flickr

Spinning your wheels and getting nowhere

In my last story, I discussed feeling trapped—like we’re being forced to go along with things we never consented to.

On a larger scale, sometimes we may feel like we’re trapped in a reality we didn’t consent to. Stuck in our own version of Groundhog Day, living out the same script in the same mediocre movie day after day.

This becomes even more maddening when we can see the life we DO desire dangling just out of reach, like a beautiful mountain vista from the window of a jail cell, teasing us.

We may feel like we’re spinning our wheels and getting nowhere, or we may not even know where to begin.

Wishing you could go back (or forward) in time

Nostalgia is another biggie. Nostalgia for loved ones who are no longer in our lives, for the “innocence of childhood,” for an era that has passed.

I love music from the 70s and 80s—which I listen to on YouTube—and I’ll often see comments below these videos like “those were the days” or “they don’t make music like this anymore.”

Another phrase I hear a lot: “I was born in the wrong time.”

--

--

Generate Magic
Generate Magic

Published in Generate Magic

By sharing my most personal, sometimes humiliating moments, I help you find humor in your pain and use your challenges to enhance your self-knowledge and empathy so you can feel less alone on your hero’s journey. Let’s celebrate ALL the emotions.

No responses yet