Ever since I can remember, I have never really had the feeling that I have belonged in the generation I was born into. Growing up, I never got along with kids in my own peer group. Not that I never had friends my age, but I was always making friends with people who were a few years older than me or a few years younger than me. However, I did not come to this realization about myself until I started noticing that other people my age did not act like me. In fact, I seemed to be the odd one out when it came to people in my friend group; I was enjoying things that my friends thought were "old fashioned," and I have even been called an old lady because of my temperament and my hobbies. I have always felt I have the soul of an elderly person inside of the body of a young girl. As I get older, I am starting to notice more and more the age gap that I feel within my own generation.

I love needlepoint. Knitting is something I do for my own enjoyment. I would rather spend my weekends antiquing than partying. Most importantly, though, I love to sit down with a good book for hours and turn off my phone to unplug from the rest of the world. My relationship with social media is one of understanding but also annoyance because, most of the time, I do not get it or understand it. I am also starting to make the transition from buying music online to buying a record to play on my record player. Even though some people are doing these things to be retro or to be hip, I do these things or take part in these things because my soul is genuinely happy when I take part in these things. It sounds cliche, but I feel complete when I finish knitting a scarf or I finally finish a book I have been working on for a couple of weeks.

At the end of the day, I know I have been placed in the correct time period and place where I belong. As my body and soul continue to get older, I am starting to appreciate more things this time in history has to offer. I very much appreciate my ability to vote, go to college, get a job, have indoor plumbing and air conditioning. I know, though, for as long as I live, I will always be longing for things outside of my current era.