I believe that time seems to speed up as you age due to the fact that you perceive it relative to the time that you have lived. For example, when you are 10 years old you perceive a year to be much longer because it represents a period of time that is equivalent to 1/10th of the life as you have known it.

In keeping with that notion it seems to speed up every year. Exceptions being when you have serious issues to deal with like incarceration and or long term illnesses and such.

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Posted by cleeveclever

Baton Rouge

Member since Aug 2008

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Posted on 2/22/16 at 12:23 pm to Rounder1

Responsibility nickel and dimes your life away. The largest part of your waking life is spent at a job that you may or may not hate -- but it consumes your time.

When you are a kid, you live moment to moment because you are only responsible for entertaining yourself.

Responsibility gets first crack at your time. A few minutes here washing dishes, a few hours here on lawn care, a few minutes bathing your kids, a few minutes pumping gas, going to the bank, checking emails, surfing the net, folding clothes, cooking dinner, grabbing lunch, attending a t-ball game...

and it goes on and on and the minutes are filled leaving very little for relaxation and reflection.

Doing stuff burns time and as mentioned above, your perception of time changes as you age. You see your day as broken into a work schedule and menial tasks, not as a blank slate for you to fill as you wish.

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