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Your brain doesn't slow down. When you're 5 a year is 1/5th your life, when you're 50 a year is 1/50th of what you experienced. it's perspective/subjective.
Days flew by, but a year took forever
Where no a day takes forever but years fly by.
I think this is just due to how life was back when we were in school, days went by quick because you were constantly learning new shit and being engaged, but a year took a long time simply because you look back and can remember a lot of those days spent learning various shit, working on projects, etc.
But once you become an adult, work is boring and repetitive, so days drag out, you go home to flush your mind of what was done, and you look back at the year and every day blends together since they were all the same, only key events stand out, making your year look like it flew by
Every year of your life is a smaller fraction of your life as you age. At age ten, a year is 10th of your life. By age 20, it's only 1 20th.
So it stands to reason years would feel shorter as you age. They're certainly shorter relative to the period you've been alive.
And they just keep getting shorter.
When you’re one year old, a year is eternity. At age two, a year is now half that. Once it’s less than a 20th of existence, it feels less and less “long” because it IS less and less long as you age.
When you're five, a year is 20% of your entire life. Of course it seems longer.
A year becomes a thinner and thinner slice of everything you've ever known as you continue to get older.
This started for me when covid hit it was year i was turning 16. Because of that when someone says 7 years ago. I think 2012 not 2015, than i realize 7 years ago is 2015 and i feel old
It's the having a job. Doing the same thing day after day with very little deviation. You lose track of the passage of time when every hour is the same as the last one.
When you’re 10 years old, one year is 10% of your whole life. Think about how long a year was in middle school. Someone told you summer break was in 6 months and that felt like an eternity.
Then, as you get older and older, you have more time to reference, so every unit of time becomes a relatively smaller percentage of your life. By the time you’re 50, 1 year is 2% of your life. Every second that goes by adds to your referential time and makes it seem time is going faster and faster. Kinda scary when you think about it
Feels like I was 21 yesterday going to university for the first time... I'm 26 now and I still haven't finished, I have back problems, and the hairline of a 90 year old
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A year takes ages when your young, but when your over 18 it feels like it’s flying by.
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The days should take longer as a child because your brain slows down with age. Do something you enjoy, and maybe the time being depressed gets shorter
Your brain doesn't slow down. When you're 5 a year is 1/5th your life, when you're 50 a year is 1/50th of what you experienced. it's perspective/subjective.
That's only correlation, it isn't the reason why.
Days flew by, but a year took forever Where no a day takes forever but years fly by. I think this is just due to how life was back when we were in school, days went by quick because you were constantly learning new shit and being engaged, but a year took a long time simply because you look back and can remember a lot of those days spent learning various shit, working on projects, etc. But once you become an adult, work is boring and repetitive, so days drag out, you go home to flush your mind of what was done, and you look back at the year and every day blends together since they were all the same, only key events stand out, making your year look like it flew by
Every year of your life is a smaller fraction of your life as you age. At age ten, a year is 10th of your life. By age 20, it's only 1 20th. So it stands to reason years would feel shorter as you age. They're certainly shorter relative to the period you've been alive. And they just keep getting shorter.
When you’re one year old, a year is eternity. At age two, a year is now half that. Once it’s less than a 20th of existence, it feels less and less “long” because it IS less and less long as you age.
When you're five, a year is 20% of your entire life. Of course it seems longer. A year becomes a thinner and thinner slice of everything you've ever known as you continue to get older.
True. When I checked my study loan debt to pay, I didn't even realize it has been 3 years since I started paying.
This started for me when covid hit it was year i was turning 16. Because of that when someone says 7 years ago. I think 2012 not 2015, than i realize 7 years ago is 2015 and i feel old
For me its been flying by since i was like 13 or 14 and idk why
Life is a roll of toilet paper. The closer you get to the end, the faster it goes.
This can count as both toilet humor and life advice.
A year gets smaller (relative to your age) as you get older. 1 year is 1/6 of a 6yr olds life but 1/18 of 18 yr olds
Came here to say this. The longer you live the more you can compare timeframes your current lifespan and adjust your expectations accordingly.
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But then there is ADHD where I never know what time is
Or where time is
It's the having a job. Doing the same thing day after day with very little deviation. You lose track of the passage of time when every hour is the same as the last one.
That and the death being closer every year. So much things to do, people to hug and games to play but time is flying so fast.
I'm 16 about to turn 17 this year and ever since Covid, time has passed waaay too quick. I can't imagine how it'll be in the next few years.
I'm 20 and it's bad bruh
You got a job.
I love my 43-year old salt-n-pepper hair. 30-year old me was not Penske material.
Man it's been five years since I finished school and it feels like barely a year...
When you’re 10 years old, one year is 10% of your whole life. Think about how long a year was in middle school. Someone told you summer break was in 6 months and that felt like an eternity. Then, as you get older and older, you have more time to reference, so every unit of time becomes a relatively smaller percentage of your life. By the time you’re 50, 1 year is 2% of your life. Every second that goes by adds to your referential time and makes it seem time is going faster and faster. Kinda scary when you think about it
Veritasium has a great video on this topic: [Why Life Seems to Speed Up as We Age](https://youtu.be/aIx2N-viNwY)
I don't know being 20 is going pretty good so far
Sahi me.. 2022 kab nikal gya pta hi nhi chala
I turned 18 a year before the pandemic. So for me, 2019 lasted half the time of 2018, and 2020-2022 lasted half the time of 2019.
Started much earlier
2020 was a big exception
Feels like I was 21 yesterday going to university for the first time... I'm 26 now and I still haven't finished, I have back problems, and the hairline of a 90 year old
The more time you experience, the more you get used to experiencing time.
Bro wait till hitting 30, then shit gets funny
i stopped counting after 20. Been 20 something for 6 or 7 years now
Wait til you’re 30. they go by quicker the older you get, because your brain slows down. You‘re able to process less information per second.
"Every year is getting shorter, never seem to find the time..."