Everything you do is carved into that exact time and location in the universe, nothing can change it or take it away, yet it leaves all the same.

currently at my cubicle preparing a presentation, wishing this moment will once forget

Isn't that the point of life, to collect fond memories?

That’s a dope wood carving of a turtle

Some people call that mindfulness and pay professionals to achieve that state.
Others, like me, consider it hell to be constantly aware of this without the ability to turn it off.

Sorry to tell you, you probably won't remember it.

The view out that window could be any number of European cities.

I'm guessing Madrid

Maybe I'm mentally ill but I don't look fondly back upon my youth hanging out with people. I also feel like life was miserable until I was 35 because that's when I kind of broke free of shitty old habits and thinking and starting making decent money.

I think about it and I regret it. Wish I had been doing more interesting/productive stuff with my time other than getting high/drunk and dicking around. But sadly the option didn't really exist where I grew up, so you had to fill the void.

I also don't get the sentiment of people who like wish they could go back to being a teenager or child. But I like being an adult.

Sure you had the right kind of people around you back then?

I like the saying "time that is enjoyed wasting isn't wasted", but it sounds like it wasn't enjoyable to you back then..

looks a lot like Paris.

One day we'll leave this world behind, so live a life you will remember

There were no better people to be around.

We don't get to pick our parents or where we grow up. I'm just grateful I was smart and driven enough to get out of there and I didn't make stupid choices that would have made my life miserable as theirs were.

If it's a memory you wish you could relive.... Why don't you just live it while you have the chance?

This picture triggers something inside me. I am glad you posted it not on a Friday or Saturday and the mild summer evenings and nights full of atmosphere are gone for this year, otherwise it would hit harder.

A few details in this picture are giving me stereotypical Paris or at least french vibes aswell.

Responsibilities.

They're tough to avoid without living a lower quality of life. They come at you fast and consistently somewhere between age 15 and 35, depending on how much money your parents are able and willing to share with you.

That could easily be the French Quarter, Meringy or The Garden District in New Orleans.

Feels that way, till you get older and if your like me you realize maybe it's not because when i talk with friends about stuff 20-30 years ago I am sad that I either don't remember some stuff, or don't remember the event at all and it kills me. Without memories what did it matter? Don't get me wrong I still remember a lot, but its definitely creeping in now that I probably will only get worse going forward.

It's definitely not mindfulness, pretty much the total opposite of it actually. Mindfulness means being present in the moment, but this thought is literally worrying about the future. Worrying about the future is exactly what mindfulness is supposed to solve.

You missed the point completely. Their comment wasn't about not being able to make the memories, but about when you already are in the moment, you should not be thinking about how in the future you'll wistfully look back on this moment, but rather, just enjoy the moment.

Paris for sure, interior & outside match 100%.

That moment where you don't even have memories of the good times anymore.

I love it when that happens, because it's like I got my wish - here I am living it.

I don't know about you, but I view the acknowledgement that this moment will be a core memory for me moving forward to be one of the highest forms of enjoyment I can have. You can have that thought while simultaneously participating in the moment itself - it's not an either/or thing.

I know that experience. I'm glad you got out.

Make friends with childfree people, keep having good times with friends forever.

Sure, I wasn't arguing about that, just explaining what that person meant. They probably thought that a thought like this takes you out of the moment, instead of improving it. I think for most people, a thought like this makes the moment worse, not better.

What does that have to do with living in the moment?

Idk why you're getting downvotes, you're exactly right

Enjoy the moment for what it is, not worrying about if you'll be able to do this later in life. You'll have plenty of rewarding experiences later in life they'll just be different experiences because your priorities change and what you find enjoyable changes.

yeah, what sucks is a lot of people who don't directly have that experience think it doesn't exist.

or the folks who think you're a 'traitor' for improving your life.

Stop living in the past and live now. Everything becomes a memory.

I don’t really have an issue with that, a little nostalgia is ok. The stuff that does bug me is friendships that have disappeared. Whether just by distance and time or because the people in it have changed so much that you can’t really relate well anymore.

Probably because more people missed the point completely :D

I'm currently in the "one day" phase. Enjoy those friendships while they last. You will miss them.