“I grew up in the 90s, so Ive definitely resurrected many looks from my youth lately, including overalls, jelly shoes, and, of course, Doc Martens.” LooksCoursesYouthGrewGrew UpIncludingShoesJellyOveralls Author:Devin Kelley
“I grew up in Austria, and for me real comfort food is Wiener Schnitzel. Wiener Schnitzel and mashed potatoes because it reminds me of my youth... It reminds me when I grow up and it feels very comforting.” FeelsRealGrowsGrowing UpYouthGrewComfortGrew UpComfortingPotatoesAustriaComfort FoodMashed PotatoesSchnitzel Author:Wolfgang Puck
“I grew up playing games, and I remember Christmas 1981 when my dad got us an Intellivision, and we all sat around and played 'Astrosmash' for hours on end. It was a big part of my youth.” EndsBigsRememberGamesHoursYouthGrewDadGrew UpMy DadSatPlaying Games Author:Roger Craig Smith
“To me, the counterculture was always what I grew up with the hippies in the late '60s. But, however you define it, it's really the excesses of youth and it's something that everyone goes through to some extent. Or if they don't, they should do.” IfsShouldYouthGrewLateGrew UpExcessHippieCounterculture Author:Derek Ridgers
“Being in nature is inspiring. I grew up in rural Pennsylvania and spent countless hours of my youth wandering the woods in awe of the beauty that exists all around us.” HoursYouthGrewGrew UpWoodsWanderAwePennsylvania Author:Allison McAtee
“I grew up in an area of a lot of growth, in Orange County, California, and spent most of my youth on the beach. I had witnessed the degradation of our Back Bay and the increased number of closed beach days over the years.” YearsGrowthNumbersYouthGrewGrew UpAreasBeachCaliforniaOrangeCountyDegradationOrange County Author:Aaron Peirsol
“I vowed to myself that when I grew up and became a theoretical physicist, in addition to doing research, I would write books that I would have liked to have read as a child. So whenever I write, I imagine myself, as a youth, reading my books, being thrilled by the incredible advances being made in physics and science.” WritingChildrenMadeBookReadingImagineYouthGrewGrew UpResearchIncrediblesPhysicsPhysicistTheoretical Author:Michio Kaku
“Javy [Baez] grew up in Puerto Rico, played a lot of baseball as a youth, played a lot of winter ball. He's been taught properly and well.” WellsYouthTaughtGrewGrew UpBaseballBallsWinterPuerto RicoRico Author:Joe Maddon
“In Australia surfing was for the oiks. It was always rebellious. And sadly it was for a long time a bit unreflective and macho and anti-intellectual. Unlike other sports it was essentially a youth cult, like rock and roll. But like rock and roll its people grew up.” PeopleLongBitsSportsRocksYouthGrewGrew UpLong TimeIntellectualAustraliaRock And RollCultSurfingRebelliousMacho Author:Tim Winton
“I grew up in the church, and I always kind of knew Bible stories and knew the Sunday school answers, but when I was a freshman in high school I joined youth group, and that's when I started to see radical love; that's when I started to see what Christian community is supposed to look like and what fellowship is supposed to look like.” LooksKindStoriesSchoolChristianCommunityChurchAnswersGroupsYouthGrewGrew UpHigh SchoolRadicalSundayFellowshipFreshmanSunday SchoolChristian CommunityBible Stories Author:Jeremy Lin