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Time in a bottle

When we were kids, it seemed that time passed like cold molasses; it took forever for holidays & summer vacation to roll around; each day in school was simply interminable.

But now, as we've passed a few birthdays since then, it seems that time moves faster & faster - instead of cold molasses, now it's like Niagara Falls.

Do you feel this way too? What do you think causes this perception?

posted by Sylk

Yes, my perception of time is that it is going faster and faster all the time. I think it's like climbing a hill - going up takes forever, then we hit the peak and downhill it's like speed racer!

posted by SueAnne55
7 months ago

Maybe that has something to do with the phrase "over the hill"

Or was it "Boot Hill"? lol!

posted by Sylk
7 months ago

I so agree.I look at my oldest son sometimes and think"wasn't he in diapers last week?" I think it's an unconsciuos state of mind knowing you're time on earth is now recognizably shorter and you want time to do all the things you want to accomplish before the end.Maybe if we just relax a bit and really take the time to look at and enjoy our surroundings we could slow that clock a bit.I'm going to practice what I preach as best I can.So let's try to find the good in everything and that will help us to see things differently.Have a great day to all...

posted by carleeta
7 months ago

When we were young our time was measured by good things. The amount of time left for school to be out for the day, and then for the summer. How long till the Easter bunny? How long till my birthday party? How long til Christmas? How long before we go to Disney? We looked forward in anticipation, so time drags.

Now that we are older, it's how long till the house payment is due? How long till April 15th? How long till car insurance is due? Car tag? Driver's license renewal? Doctor's appointment? Dentist? Mortuary? Is the will in order? We no longer anticipate events so eagerly. Time flies.

We must be having lot's of fun!

posted by GRM
7 months ago

I'm with you on this one.
It must have to do with responsibilities.
when you're a kid, everything appears from nowhere for you and you just go with the flow. If the flow isn't goin' you notice that things take forever.
As an adult, you are the mover and shaker of all that flows. It's hard to find hours in the day for everything that counts on you.
I think I need to go outside and watch an ant hill. Oh, the hours I spent as a child, watching them lug stuff around. It was a fascinating passtime for me.

posted by FuneralChick
7 months ago

It's because the landmarks (or the timemarks) are all familiar. If you travel somewhere new it seems to take longer because you don't know the landmarks. On the way back, it seems shorter because you recognize things. If we do things the same every year, we don't have new timemarks. So the trick is to have new experiences. Give each section of your life something to remember it by.

posted by Valley
7 months ago

My personal opinion is that it's got to do with how much time you've already experienced. For example, when you're 7, a year is 1/7th of your life -- not a lot. When you're 50, a year is 1/50th of your life, a much smaller percentage. So too with a day, week, month.

The other things that've been mentioned factor in too.

Also, I think it has to do with being present in the moment. That was much easier to do when I was a child. Now, my head is filled with memories of the past and hopes & fears for the future. I have to remind myself -- Be right here -- Right now. Enjoy Now. It really is all we've got.

Marsha

posted by MarkieSparkle
7 months ago

As children (up to about 18) our lives were our own and not defined by a date or time. After 18 most of us were in the work force and our time was not our own. We had to be at work at a specific time, we had bills to pay at a specific time. Suddently, almost abruptly, the calendar and the clock defined our lives.

My life is still sandwiched with calendar and clock; yet, thanks to my teenage son, I'm able to see each day as THE day of importance.

Do I want him to think about his future, about the tests he doesn't study for? Of course I do. But then, I realize his life will be defined by calendar and clock soon enough. And I let him live his life.