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When do the years in your life really start to fly by?
Posted on 5/6/14 at 11:49 am
Posted on 5/6/14 at 11:49 am
After you graduate college? When you get married, or have kids? When you just get in a routine of doing nearly the same thing every day? Or is it just age specific.
There was a famous quote by Robert Southey, who said "Live as long as you may, the first twenty years are the longest half of your life." He didn't mean that in the literal sense that you would die at 40, but rather that your childhood and early adult years will feel longer lasting than your adulthood.
This was a couple hundred years ago, when people probably grew up a little quicker than today. But this idea can still apply today, but rather than 20 the age might be 25 or 30. On the occasions I've talked to older people about this, they all seem surprised at how fast the last few decades have passed. No one mentions how fast childhood went by.
Any old fart (>/=40) OTers care to chime in?
There was a famous quote by Robert Southey, who said "Live as long as you may, the first twenty years are the longest half of your life." He didn't mean that in the literal sense that you would die at 40, but rather that your childhood and early adult years will feel longer lasting than your adulthood.
This was a couple hundred years ago, when people probably grew up a little quicker than today. But this idea can still apply today, but rather than 20 the age might be 25 or 30. On the occasions I've talked to older people about this, they all seem surprised at how fast the last few decades have passed. No one mentions how fast childhood went by.
Any old fart (>/=40) OTers care to chime in?
This post was edited on 5/6/14 at 11:53 am
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Posted on 5/6/14 at 11:50 am to TheIndulger
It seems like kids really make things fly bye. It goes by in a blink.
Posted on 5/6/14 at 11:50 am to TheIndulger
I'll be 30 in 3 weeks. Days have been flying by for 5 years already 
Posted on 5/6/14 at 11:50 am to TheIndulger
I graduated college 3 years ago and it feels like yesterday. So my 20's seems to be flying by.
Posted on 5/6/14 at 11:51 am to TheIndulger
After high school things start picking up. By the time you're 30 life's just about over.
Posted on 5/6/14 at 11:52 am to TheIndulger
After college, a bit. After kids...buckle your safety belt and hang on.
Posted on 5/6/14 at 11:52 am to TheIndulger
After high school graduation
Posted on 5/6/14 at 11:52 am to TheIndulger
all I know is, I just turned 30 a couple weeks ago and it had me reflecting pretty heavy. 21-30 went by like the snap of my fingers.
I've heard it just gets worse from here...
I've heard it just gets worse from here...
Posted on 5/6/14 at 11:54 am to TheIndulger
There is a theory on this that as one ages, each year becomes proportionally smaller to the total years. So when you are 5, one year is 1/5th of your life; when you are 30, 1 year is 1/30th, and so on. So as you age, the years become less significant as a portion of your total life, leading them to appear shorter.
Posted on 5/6/14 at 11:56 am to TheIndulger
The last six years of college really flew by.
Posted on 5/6/14 at 11:57 am to BlackenedOut
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There is a theory on this that as one ages, each year becomes proportionally smaller to the total years.
If only someone would invent math so we could prove this theory of yours.
Posted on 5/6/14 at 11:58 am to TheIndulger
When I realized that I was closer to 30 than to 20.....time started flying by.
I feel like I am getting ripped off. Everything is moving too fast.
I feel like I am getting ripped off. Everything is moving too fast.
This post was edited on 5/6/14 at 12:05 pm
Posted on 5/6/14 at 11:59 am to jrodLSUke
Well but the number of days says the same, so the year isnt changing its unit of measurement, simply your view point of the year's value changes.
Posted on 5/6/14 at 12:00 pm to Neako27blitzz
My 20s flew by. My 30s started to slow down, the past 10 years seem like 15.
Posted on 5/6/14 at 12:01 pm to TheIndulger
IMO once married with kids and working, the days weeks and months seem to pass much faster than ever before probably due to so much less down time.
Posted on 5/6/14 at 12:02 pm to TheIndulger
When you hit your 50's: the years seem shorter (because you have less time left in this glorious existence) while the days seem longer (because you still have to work for a living). I'm 60, so this ironic phenomenon is old news to me.
Posted on 5/6/14 at 12:04 pm to BlackenedOut
Interesting theory. I can see that theory making sense from an instantaneous standpoint. By that logic, though, someone at 40 would say that years 0-20 and years 20-40 felt to last the same in length when viewed after the fact.
Posted on 5/6/14 at 12:04 pm to TheIndulger
The years seem to fly by exponentially as you get older. College went by fast, but since I started my career, time has seemed to fly by much faster.
Posted on 5/6/14 at 12:06 pm to TheIndulger
When you start looking towards the weekends on Monday. Seriously.
Posted on 5/6/14 at 12:06 pm to TheIndulger
College flew by.
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