10 Things You Need To Know When You Love An Old Soul

Old souls will always seek something meaningful over anything material.

Alaina Randazzo

By Molly Burford

1. Old souls are insanely intuitive. We can read a room, a situation, or even a perfect stranger like we can the back of our own hand. We know how to differentiate gut feelings from anxiety or projections. Our intuition rarely leads us astray and we pick up on things well before others can.
2. Old souls will always seek something meaningful over anything material. We aren’t impressed by flashy items or lavish events. Instead, we are more touched if someone remembers the little things. If they pay attention to the details. If they are well versed in the art of deep conversation. If they find ways to turn the mundane into utter magic.
3. To put it frankly, we’ve been through some shit. Our age does not match our wisdom. We have life experiences to thank for that, experiences that were oftentimes very painful and forced us to grow up faster than we probably would have liked. However, it was within these hardships we found valuable lessons. While we don’t necessarily think these difficult things happened for a reason, we decided to find a way to grow from them anyway.
4. We will need alone time to recharge. Please don’t take it personally. Us old souls crave connection and quality time with our loved ones. That said, we also need plenty of space to spend with ourselves solo. As much as we love other people, we can also find them draining because of our intuitive and empathetic nature. If someone else is feeling something, you can guarantee we are feeling it, too.
5. We daydream. Like, a lot. Our head has a vacation home in the clouds, one we visit daily. We get lost in our minds imagining beautiful scenarios. While the things we dream up might never become reality, we still find great pleasure in daydreaming. It’s our way of hoping for the best.
6. Don’t try and gossip with us. It’s just not our thing. We’d rather discuss ideas and books and art and world events rather than someone else’s shortcomings or unfortunate circumstances. We value being authentic and talking behind someone else’s back does not align with that for us.
7. Old souls are highly…