If you want to stay in touch with your inner child, keep up with activities that allow you to do so. If you like anime, watch it sometimes, read comics, etc. I think that people losing their childhood is part of growing up, and the longing to return to that simpler time, that Arcadia of youth, is part of aging. I personally think that a good representation of longing for youth once more is "Why should not old men be mad?" By WB Yeats; in it he describes his frustration with being old and with youth. I think you should go to your old home and pick up a plushdoll or find the toy you onced loved, that will return you to your youth if only for a moment.

lantz

United States762 Posts

April 05 2013 14:50 GMT

just live life to the fullest and don't listen to societal rules.

just eat , drink, play games and PARTAY!!

Ilikestarcraft

Korea (South)17743 Posts

April 05 2013 15:25 GMT

Sicion

Germany131 Posts

April 05 2013 16:35 GMT

Wallpaper
I loved reading Calvin and hobbes in my youth.
This reminds me i still need to buy the Calvin and Hobbes box set sometime.

Butterednuts

United States859 Posts

April 05 2013 19:02 GMT

I have all the Calvin and Hobbes books, or at least I did before I moved out from college.

I loved them.

Callynn

Netherlands917 Posts

April 05 2013 19:15 GMT

"Know no shame."

It's the best advise there is to remain true to your inner child. I used to walk around pretending I was shooting at my enemies around me, I still do that sometimes and then my gf hits me because she thinks its embaressing. But really, who the fk cares how strange I behave? The people that know me closely know I'm a genius with 165 IQ who is in diamond league and teaches biology - they don't respect me any less for acting insane sometimes

EDIT: But they do facepalm sometimes! XD

ne0lith

537 Posts

April 05 2013 23:00 GMT

On April 06 2013 04:15 Callynn wrote:
The people that know me closely know I'm a genius with 165 IQ

Going offtopic here but mine is 180, I'm a huger genius.

cwalk

United States26 Posts

April 05 2013 23:40 GMT

Oh look at all these hotshots, thinking they're cool with their big IQs

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Going back on topic, it's impossible and stupid to try to remain a child your entire life, but it's awesome to just forget about everything else occasionally, and just enjoy the little things. Oh and Calvin and Hobbes is awesome too. I own these three huge books that have all of Bill Watterson's comics in chronological order, and I've lost track of how many times I've reread them.

mau5mat

Northern Ireland461 Posts

April 06 2013 01:05 GMT

#10

I have mulled over this concept of 'losing' your childhood, and you know what, I don't think it is a good term at all. At worst, it is more akin to shaking your inner child's hand and saying, 'See you in a bit, there's some stuff I gotta do..' And then before you know it, you have kids of your own, you see yourself in the most precious thing you will ever have, and you realize the child you think you 'lost' is smiling back at you, he never really left, he was just waiting.

Mothra

United States1448 Posts

April 06 2013 16:26 GMT

#11

Volunteer helping kids. Being around children brings out your inner child.

Djzapz

Canada10681 Posts

April 06 2013 18:58 GMT

#12

On April 07 2013 01:26 Mothra wrote:
Volunteer helping kids. Being around children brings out your inner child.

I used to want to punch kids when I was one myself, and now I would to to prison if I did. There is NO way I would subject myself to that.

My inner child has died and all I'm left with is my inner idiot. Much like the inner child, it does stupid stuff but unlike it, it's unable to enjoy it.

Xiron

Germany1233 Posts

April 06 2013 19:10 GMT

#13

On April 06 2013 08:00 ne0lith wrote:

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Going offtopic here but mine is 180, I'm a huger genius.

181 here, I'm a gianter genioos.

slyboogie

United States3423 Posts

April 07 2013 05:22 GMT

#14

On April 07 2013 04:10 Xiron wrote:

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181 here, I'm a gianter genioos.

How on earth did you get all the way to the bus stop with both feet through one pant leg?

Cauld

United States350 Posts

April 07 2013 12:54 GMT

#15

To me, your inner child is really about taking pleasure in the small things. When I see kids being happy they're just doin' whatever makes them happy at that moment. Whether it's pretending they're a penguin or playing with action figures. As an adult I don't go around acting like a penguin, but I do have thoughts like, "What would a penguin do if one was walking by" and I imagine it and smile sometimes. Also, I keep little toys around