I’m processing time differently than I used to. I’ve been noticing this for decades now, and it’s a common observation: time speeds up as I grow older. I know it isn’t literally speeding up, the stately progression of sun and moon and planets across the sky tells me otherwise. Rather, my perception of the speed of the passage of time is changing.
I have thought about this perception of time thing quite a bit, and I think it's because of the fraction of our experience each increment of time represents. When we are 5 years old, a year is a full 20% of our total experience, at my advanced age of 50 (in 3 weeks, I will turn 50!!!) a year is a mere 2% of my total experience, therefore seems ephemeral at best. :0) Just my thoughts on something I've thought about before.
I have thought about this perception of time thing quite a bit, and I think it's because of the fraction of our experience each increment of time represents. When we are 5 years old, a year is a full 20% of our total experience, at my advanced age of 50 (in 3 weeks, I will turn 50!!!) a year is a mere 2% of my total experience, therefore seems ephemeral at best. :0) Just my thoughts on something I've thought about before.