Growing up in the 90s

Some of my favorite social media accounts is the 90s retro ones. Throwback videos, pictures, and memes to the 90s. I was born in 1990 and it was a really fun time to grow up.

Video games were really starting to take off. The era of music with rap and pop rock was great. And the internet was fun and new for all of us.

Things were a lot simpler back then. One big obvious reason was well.. because I was a kid. But it was also an era where things just seemed a lot slower.

While almost everyone had a TV, it wasn’t a time when looking at a screen all day was normal. You had to call friends during certain time frames. There was no text messaging. Emails were more similar to sending a letter via snail mail rather than instant responses. Probably most importantly, social media didn’t exist and demand our attention all day.

Of course, this ignores all the positives as well but the point I’m trying to make is that it just felt like kids connected more with each other back in that era. And there was a lot more spontaneity and adventure in the real world.

Obviously, I can’t put Colin in a time machine so he can grow up in the 90s. But I am hopeful that I can instill some of the positive experiences from my childhood and bring that to today’s world for him. I think a lot of that starts first with being more present and not glued to our phones. It’s something I’m working on.