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Why time seems to pass faster as we age

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Re: Why time seems to pass faster as we age

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Post by david-gpu »

theodric wrote: post #92
simpletone wrote: post #82

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> reviewing old entries provides a feeling of history that makes life feel soooo long and so rich. This doesn't sound right at all. For me, and I suspect for most people, it has the opposite effect. It makes life feel short, fleeting and mundane. Looking back to 2014, I can't believe how quickly the past 10 years has gone. Heck just looking back 4 years, the pandemic years seems to have flown by. It's like a distant…

Life is long, provided you don't just waste your time with nonsense. Even eternity wouldn't be long enough for the compulsive procrasturbator.

> Life is long, provided you don't just waste your time with nonsense. Even eternity wouldn't be long enough for the compulsive procrasturbator.

Is it possible you are projecting your own insecurities, given that you are commenting on HN during work hours on a weekday, of all things?

Re: Why time seems to pass faster as we age

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Post by nox101 »

This is the part I found most interesting about the first few episodes of "Frieren: Beyond Journey's End" anime. The main character is an elf. In this world elves are rare so she hasn't see another in 100s of years. Time for her passes differently than humans. She's got 1000s of years so for her, spending 10yrs in some library researching a hobby topic is not a big commitment. For her human friends it would be a large portion of their life. She commits to multi-year projects easily (10 years of a 5000 year life is 1/500th of your life vs a human where it's more like 1/8th). And, she watches her human friends pass away. Societies form and collapse. Etc...

Re: Why time seems to pass faster as we age

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Post by popularonion »

fufufu123 wrote: post #94
jvanderbot wrote: post #17

I've been journalling for 10+ years. In addition to forcing me to actually write down what happened that day, reviewing old entries provides a feeling of history that makes life feel soooo long and so rich. I can review my now-wife's rocky courtship and feel grateful we made it. I looked back 3 years ago and found the day our children were conceived :D (we have twins). I can review the anxieties of my PhD years, etc…

You're apparently in a good place so looking back is your path to your joyful present. I'm in a bad place so looking back is my seeing back when I was still hopeful for my various life goals. I'd meet someone and have someone to share my life with, do activities with, travel with, raise kids with, etc. I never met that person and now at 60+ that's nearly impossible so looking back hurts. It hurts a-lot. Seeing the op…

Thank you for expressing what myself and so many others can’t put into words.

Re: Why time seems to pass faster as we age

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Post by tetha »

dougmwne wrote: post #51

I’ve learned that the passage of time is extremely relative. My college years were extremely full of new experiences and they feel like ages. Once I started working, my life was very rote and consisted mainly of driving from home to work and back again. I worked a lot of hours and vacations and weekend trips were infrequent. Time flew by. Then I ditched settled life and started traveling year round with a couple of b…

For me, it's been throwing myself into a complex hobby - music.

like, as much as I like where I work, and as much as work throws new and weird challenges at me, but .. it's just computer maintenance. Entire years are kinda the same rote of work-shopping-sleep-work. I don't even have many memories of these years, honestly.

Now that I've left my comfort zone with my instruments, do stuff with the instruments, go to a lot more concerts... life is kinda revolving around concerts and every day has some thing to approach with the instruments I'm not happy with. Suddenly that week is when I picked up TES BOS to make the bass sound better, that week was with a few friends, that week was a frozen crown concert, that week was when I got a really cool intro in a riff challenge, that week my teeth confused the fuck out of my dentist and their tool tray ended up as a diorama of a medieval battlefield, ...

Re: Why time seems to pass faster as we age

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Post by [deleted] »

bongodongobob wrote: post #52
dougmwne wrote: post #51

I’ve learned that the passage of time is extremely relative. My college years were extremely full of new experiences and they feel like ages. Once I started working, my life was very rote and consisted mainly of driving from home to work and back again. I worked a lot of hours and vacations and weekend trips were infrequent. Time flew by. Then I ditched settled life and started traveling year round with a couple of b…

Yeah I can't believe more people don't just travel for a decade.

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Re: Why time seems to pass faster as we age

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Post by wing-_-nuts »

bongodongobob wrote: post #52
dougmwne wrote: post #51

I’ve learned that the passage of time is extremely relative. My college years were extremely full of new experiences and they feel like ages. Once I started working, my life was very rote and consisted mainly of driving from home to work and back again. I worked a lot of hours and vacations and weekend trips were infrequent. Time flew by. Then I ditched settled life and started traveling year round with a couple of b…

Yeah I can't believe more people don't just travel for a decade.

I had a whole rant queued up until I realized you were being sarcastic.

/me with my 15 days of vacation a year

Re: Why time seems to pass faster as we age

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Post by jvanderbot »

fufufu123 wrote: post #94
jvanderbot wrote: post #17

I've been journalling for 10+ years. In addition to forcing me to actually write down what happened that day, reviewing old entries provides a feeling of history that makes life feel soooo long and so rich. I can review my now-wife's rocky courtship and feel grateful we made it. I looked back 3 years ago and found the day our children were conceived :D (we have twins). I can review the anxieties of my PhD years, etc…

You're apparently in a good place so looking back is your path to your joyful present. I'm in a bad place so looking back is my seeing back when I was still hopeful for my various life goals. I'd meet someone and have someone to share my life with, do activities with, travel with, raise kids with, etc. I never met that person and now at 60+ that's nearly impossible so looking back hurts. It hurts a-lot. Seeing the op…

I'm sorry to hear this has been difficult. I want you to know that I feel this way often as well. If you ever want to chat, my email is at the link in my post (GP to this comment). I'd be a very lucky man to hear your experiences and learn from you.
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