I hear you and I can be totally off topic here (apologies), but I get nostalgic regarding simpler times every year around Christmas. Not even going as far back as my childhood, which was great, but to when my two (now teenagers) were little kids. Life felt so much easier, more fun, more to look forward to. Things are so complicated now with emotions, hormones, college prep, wife vs. daughter, wife vs. son’s girlfriend, etc. in the midst of everything else.
I’ve always desired to live in the mountains (with amenities), and just enjoy nature and the like. I hope to realize this dream in the next 10-12 years.