Consider this.

[happydalek]

Imagine going to bed tonight as usual, but waking up tomorrow morning back in the body of your 8-year-old self.   Your mind and memories are completely intact from the rest of your life, but the world, everyone else, and your own body are all reset back in time.  You don't know how it happened, and most importantly, you don't know WHY it happened.  All you know is that you are suddenly, inexplicably 8 years old again, but with years more of experience and foreknowledge at your disposal.  What would you do?  How would you cope? 

It's an idea I've been chewing on for some time now, spawned during the summer when I visited the playground of my old elementary school.  I think it would make a truly awesome TV show (I'm a sucker for sight gags), but failing that, I'm thinking of developing it as a book series of some sort (famous last words).  For me, 8 years old would put me in 1992.

Comments

[naushika.livejournal.com]

Wow. You read my mind. I have been thinking about this very topic the past few weeks. Thinking about how I might live my life differently, or not. Weird!

[happydalek.livejournal.com]

Nostalgia's a funny thing, isn't it? Interestingly enough, I imagine I'd have quite a hard time adjusting to being a kid again. I see myself getting into all kinds of trouble for trying to do "grownup" things (like reading the newspaper or craving a latte now and then), and attracting bemused attention by trying to participate in adult conversations. And having to spend all day back in school, surrounded by children? It might not end well. ;-)

[tawabids.livejournal.com]

I TOTALLY think about this sometimes. Well, not eight years old. I remember being six and honestly believing it was the best age ever, because I was aware that everything got done for you. I wish I knew what gave me that feeling of how great life was and what it would be like if I went back.

[happydalek.livejournal.com]

Time seemed to go so slowly when I was little. Endless summers, interminable school years. The lack of responsibility would be a refreshing change, at first.

[tawabids.livejournal.com]

SO true. Every year was like a whole life in itself. Nowadays every each one goes faster than the last, it seems.