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🌿 5 things that used to be done as a child... but we stopped doing it for a long time

It's not just "childhood dreams" that we forget.

But some "good habits" disappear with growth.

Which one have you "done" in a long time?

# Early life # Want to go back to being a child # Trending # lemon 8 diary

2025/8/3 Edited to

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