Perhaps the lesson from my wife’s old lifestyle isn't that the past was perfect, but that it was present . And in a world that is constantly speeding up, there is something incredibly grounding about slowing down and living, even for a moment, like she did back then.

It was the best entertainment we’d had in months.

You can’t talk about her old lifestyle without mentioning the aesthetic. We laughed until we cried looking at the fashion trends that defined her entertainment world.

Perhaps the most iconic piece of entertainment nostalgia is the Friday night trip to the video rental store. She describes the sensory details vividly: the smell of stale popcorn, the rows of VHS tapes with plastic cases, and the struggle of choosing one movie for the weekend.