Little rituals
Buy yourself that same gum in a colorful wrapper. Draw something with markers. Jump over puddles. It's not stupid - it's medicine for the soul. The inner child is alive in you - it just needs attention.
Food from the past
A milkshake, boiled condensed milk, mom's cheesecakes or pies from the bakery near school... The sound of foil, the smell of baked dough - all this instantly transports you to where it was safe and tasty. Try to cook something you loved when you were 10 — and feel your soul smile 😊
Music and cartoons
Turn on your favorite cartoon or song from the 90s/2000s. Close your eyes. Remember how you sang along without knowing the words? How you believed that the characters on the screen were real? These simple memories bring back warmth, like a blanket on a rainy day.
Letter to yourself
Sit down and write a letter to your little self. Pity, hug, praise. And then — read it. This exercise moves you to tears, because we often forget how much our “inner baby” has experienced. And he is still with you.
Childhood is a state of mind
And it can be brought back. Through smell, taste, music, good memories. There is nothing infantile about this — on the contrary, it is an anchor that helps you survive in adult reality.
So tomorrow morning, eat a candy bar before breakfast. Put on some funny socks. Draw a heart in your notebook.
Go back to where you are just you.
And trust me: being an adult who remembers what it was like to be a kid is pure magic.