There are some people who feel like they don't quite fit in with the world around them. There are some people who constantly seek wisdom, love, and thought. If Billie Holiday appeals to you more than Taylor Swift, and if you just questioned or even cringed at the name Taylor Swift, then you might be one of these people. For those of us who have love for the old times, ways, and music, here's 15 ways to know that you are indeed, an old soul.
1. Vinyl Over Everything
Fuzzy sounds, warm melodies, the fine pointed needle. Picking your favorite record to go with your favorite track, there's nothing better. The sound of a vinyl is the sound of home. Not to mention the record stores, walking into that vinyl smell and scanning each row for a new (old) favorite.
2. "You Look Like My Grandma"
If one of your friends, or family, tell you you look like their grandparents...you take no shame! Looking like we're at least 50 is the idea. Say, I look like your 85 year old grandma who was born before any of us heard the phrase "Slay girl! You on fire! Sleek!"? Thank you, thank you very much.
3. Trends Confuse You
What's a dab, and why do we keep calling all of these people fam? YOLO's and "lit" don't truly fit our vocabulary. We'd much rather read a book and call each other darling while sipping our coffees.
4. You Value Deep Conversations
If you're an old soul, than you are constantly thinking about ideas, perspective, and why we do what humans do. You love to talk about books and space and the world around you.
5. You Aren't Materialistic
Diamond rings or a necklace made of twine? I would much rather be swallowed in a dozen daisies than garnished with pearls. And we value the presence of a person much more than the presents they give us.
6. You Dream About Living in 1920
Or 1940, 1950, 1960, 1810! Whenever it is, you just wish it wasn't today. You feel out of place, like you were born one thousand years late. So we dream about the old life, and listen to stories from our grandparents and their childhoods. Speaking of...
7. You Prefer Older Company Than Younger
The best part about the holidays? Talking to great-grandma and grandpa. You can't wait to sit down with them and ask them questions, or just talk about ideas and thoughts. No one tells better stories, or gives better advice, than them. And we really never minded the smell of mothballs.
8. Thrift Stores Are Your Home
That's if your home doesn't already look like one! What's more appealing to us than a building full of things way older than yourself? That's right, nothing! The smell, the sights, the people, the discoveries, thrift stores are where you belong. And you know you'll come home with another bagful of knick-knacks with no more space to display them.
9. You're Kind Of A Weird-O
As implied, you're a bit eccentric, and proud. You're a little strange with ideas, and some of the things you say are followed by a smirk or chuckle from your friends out of the ridiculousness, but they love you all the same. Plus, we cant help how much we wish we were 70.
10. What's A Party?
I'm not sure about you, but my bedtime is a hardy 10 o'clock. I spend my Saturday nights snuggled up with a book or movie, and spend my weekends creating weekly to-do lists, practicing, working, or with my family and close friends.
11. The Best Music Was Created Long Before You Were Born
From Johann Bach and Frederic Chopin, to Jimi Hendrix and The Beatles. Led Zeppelin and The Mama's and The Papa's, to Louis Armstrong and Glenn Miller. This is real music to you, with real artists, real instruments, and heartfelt lyrics and passion. And of course, available and originally made on vinyl.
12. Working Technology Freaks You Out
Cell phones and touchscreens seem like a basic necessity in today's world. Although, we'd much rather prefer a good old land line or flip phone. We believe that too many people spend too much time looking at a screen and not at each other.
13. You Feel Older And Wiser Than Your True Age
The things people your own age struggle with, you've already figured out. Your fiends come to you for advice that you're surprised you don't have trouble with yourself. You understand acceptance and the value of every situation in you're life. And death doesn't scare you because you know it's a part of life. You're an old soul, and you feel like it too.
14. You're In Love With The Look Of Vintage
The look of something older than yourself, brings a feeling of warmth and home to your heart. Buildings, phones, typewriters, pictures, cameras, if it looks like it could fall apart in our hands, then we know how precious and important it is.
15. You Believe In True Love
And you've seen it too. We may be practical and wise, but as The Drifters once sang, "Why Do Fools Fall In Love", we sure are fools too. Above all, we know that life is love, and without love, you may be living, but you are not living life.
If you're an old soul, then you know the love you hold for old objects, traditions, and others. We may be introverted, but that doesn't mean we don't like to go out and have a wonderful time with our friends and family. We're thinkers, artist, philosophers, movie directors, and inventors. An old soul, is a beautiful soul.
"There is a beautiful thing inside you that is thousands of years old. Too old to be captured in poems. Too old to be loved by everyone. But loved so very deeply, by a chosen few." -Nikita Gill
