Through the eyes of Your Past Self .

a Berlin techno rave

You go out now to hear the loud beat.

a Black Friday sale

You woke up when it was still dark.

a christmas dinner

You do the whole thing now.

a coffee mug

You have a favorite mug.

a doomsday prepper bunker

You dug a room under the ground.

a doorbell

You just walked right past it.

a first date

You changed your shirt three times.

a funeral

You wore the itchy shirt.

a furry convention

You bought ears.

a goodbye at the airport gate

You held on for a really long time.

a grandmother's kitchen

You still smell it before you open the door.

a group project meeting

You made a whole meeting about the fort.

a gym in January

You go now.

a gym mirror selfie

You stand in front of the big mirror and you frown.

a haunted house

You paid money to be scared.

a hospital waiting room

You have been sitting in this hard chair for a long time.

a house party at 3am

You are the last one awake, and you are cleaning.

a houseplant

You water it on Wednesdays.

a job interview

You put on the itchy shirt.

a laundry basket

You still have the blue basket.

a microwave

You put the bowl in and pushed the buttons and then you just stood there.

a middle school dance

You are standing by the wall again.

a mirror

You stand in front of the glass every morning now, but you don't really look.

a mosh pit

You went in.

a music festival

You waited in line for hours and you did not even complain.

a nightclub bathroom queue

You are standing in a line to use the potty.

a pair of shoes

You have so many now.

a park bench

You sat down on the bench by yourself.

a parking lot

You have so many cars to choose from and you picked the one closest to the door.

a refrigerator

You keep the light on inside the cold box now.

a revolving door

You push the door and it spins, and you don't even look at it.

a séance

You put your phones in the middle of the table.

a self-checkout machine

You scan your own food now.

a set of keys

You have so many now.

a shopping receipt

You held the long paper close to your face for a second, reading the little numbers, and your mouth went flat.

a shower

You have a whole waterfall in your house now.

a silent disco

You put the little headphones on and everyone else did too, and then the music started but only inside your head.

a spin class

You paid to ride a bike that goes nowhere.

a TikTok live stream

You are talking to hundreds of people right now and none of them are in the room.

a traffic jam

You are sitting still on the big road, but the car is on.

a vending machine

You put the coins in and you didn't even make a wish.

a voicemail from someone gone

You saved it.

a wedding

You stood up in front of everyone and told them the truth about your heart.

a work call on mute

You are talking, but nobody can hear you.

a yoga retreat

You paid to go somewhere with no phone and no work and no talking.

an airport at 5am

You are awake before the sun.

an alarm clock

You keep the sun in a little box now, and you make it yell.

an elevator

You press the button and then you just wait.

an umbrella

You have a whole machine that folds the sky away.

doomscrolling at 2am

You are still awake.

getting left on read

You did it!

holding a newborn

You are holding a baby and your whole face has gone soft.

moving out of a childhood bedroom

You took everything off the walls.

sitting with a pet at the vet

You are holding her the exact way I used to hold her when there was thunder.

the first night in an empty apartment

You did it.