Nostalgia Series

• Row 1: Childhood, teenage years, leaving home -> nostalgia forming years
• Row 2: Young adulthood: troubles & triumphs -> nostalgia mostly on pause
• Row 3: establishing a stabilized life -> nostalgia consuming years
• Day 7: we chart our future

Up until now ... we've been examining

• World from top down view, with map style becoming more evident in yesterday's Everyday
• Though today, perspective shifts
• No longer daydreaming on Zillow
• We have plans
• A place to call home

Nostalgia & the American Dream

• Two interwoven
• Until one is settled, who has time to appreciate nostalgia
• Stability reduces needless gyrations
• & even when we're house hunting, for first time in a long time
• We ponder of our past

If we moved back home

• we're driving on familiar streets
• & if we're in a new city we're thinking, would that tree in the back yard be able to hold a tree fort
• We're digging back in time
• So we can imagine our future

But we're not settled yet

• We're in 2020s
• Either homes sell with dozen offers, or interest rates high
• But we're used to it: life has hoops to jump through
• So today: I'm making you jump through hoops
• To get: American Dream
• Draw your sketch, anything goes (some effort)