I have a theory that the present seems worse than the past because of anxiety - the fear of what might happen in the future. In most cases, what we fear does no

I have a theory that the present seems worse than the past because of anxiety - the fear of what might happen in the future. In most cases, what we fear does not happen and so when we look back, the past almost always seems happier than the present. We don't feel anxiety about the past. I think about this regularly to remind myself that at the current moment, life is pretty good.