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re: Time going by faster as you age.
Posted on 9/24/21 at 6:52 am to Ryan3232
Posted on 9/24/21 at 6:52 am to Ryan3232
Physics explains why time passes faster as you age
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This effect is related to saccadic eye movement. Saccades are unconscious, jerk-like eye movements that occur a few times a second. In between saccades, your eyes fixate and the brain processes the visual information it has received. All of this happens unconsciously, without any effort on your part. In human infants, those fixation periods are shorter than in adults.
There’s an inversely proportional relationship between stimuli processing and the sense of time speeding by, Bejan says. So, when you are young and experiencing lots of new stimuli—everything is new—time actually seems to be passing more slowly. As you get older, the production of mental images slows, giving the sense that time passes more rapidly.
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Posted on 9/24/21 at 7:55 am to Ryan3232
The good news is the heat of summer goes by quicker. The bad news is it’s July again before you know it.
Posted on 9/24/21 at 8:00 am to Ryan3232
I saw a study that suggested that our perception of time was influenced by the familiarity of the experience. So new experiences caused time to move more slowly, while routine experiences caused our perception of time to speed up. Which I think coincidences with your experience.
Posted on 9/24/21 at 8:06 am to Ryan3232
I always laughed when people said this.
At 45 with two kids.....the OP couldn't be more correct.
Since my kids were born, it feels like a day is just a few hours long.
At 45 with two kids.....the OP couldn't be more correct.
Since my kids were born, it feels like a day is just a few hours long.
Posted on 9/24/21 at 8:12 am to Ryan3232
Think about when you’re a child, one day is a much larger portion of your total memory. So a day seems less significant. And technically I guess it is.
1/365 cs 1/3650 from one year to 10.
1/365 cs 1/3650 from one year to 10.
Posted on 9/24/21 at 8:14 am to Ryan3232
Just wait until your kids graduate from high school or college. Both hit this year, it’s like yesterday you were dropping them off in the car line and today it’s an empty nest.
Posted on 9/24/21 at 8:24 am to Ryan3232
I have an issue with thinking something happened 2 years ago and in reality it was a decade ago...
Posted on 9/24/21 at 8:32 am to Ryan3232
True although major life changes also slow it down for me.
When I was about 5, Dalton Hilliard had just finished his freshman year at LSU. He was already my dad’s favorite player so became mine also. I have a vivid memory of being tucked into bed and asking if Dalton would play at LSU forever.
Answer was ‘No, but he’s only a freshman and has 3 years left. Then, if he’s good enough, which he seems to be, he’ll play in the NFL for many more years.’
It seemed so far away to be 8 years old that I went to bed happy thinking Dalton would be at LSU a really long time.
When I was about 5, Dalton Hilliard had just finished his freshman year at LSU. He was already my dad’s favorite player so became mine also. I have a vivid memory of being tucked into bed and asking if Dalton would play at LSU forever.
Answer was ‘No, but he’s only a freshman and has 3 years left. Then, if he’s good enough, which he seems to be, he’ll play in the NFL for many more years.’
It seemed so far away to be 8 years old that I went to bed happy thinking Dalton would be at LSU a really long time.
Posted on 9/24/21 at 8:35 am to Ryan3232
Days go by faster, months go by faster, and years fly by as well. No doubt about it.
Yesterday I was looking for money to pay my bills and go out on. Today I’m planning for retirement.
Yesterday I was looking for money to pay my bills and go out on. Today I’m planning for retirement.
Posted on 9/24/21 at 8:39 am to Ryan3232
Normally I'd say you're right...except for today. It's Friday so the last hour of my work day should feel like it's wrapping up in April of 2022
Posted on 9/24/21 at 8:43 am to Ryan3232
Haven’t read the thread yet, but it’s a “relativity” sort of thing.
Relativity being your frame of reference.
When you’re a kid in school, your frame of reference on time is small, starting at ~5-6 years of life. When you’re that young, a school day is a large part of what you’ve already known.
Once you’re an adult with decades of life behind you, what’s a day, a week, or a month, let alone an hour as a percentage of your life?
Relativity being your frame of reference.
When you’re a kid in school, your frame of reference on time is small, starting at ~5-6 years of life. When you’re that young, a school day is a large part of what you’ve already known.
Once you’re an adult with decades of life behind you, what’s a day, a week, or a month, let alone an hour as a percentage of your life?
This post was edited on 9/24/21 at 8:44 am
Posted on 9/24/21 at 8:53 am to Redbonebandit
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saw a study that suggested that our perception of time was influenced by the familiarity of the experience. So new experiences caused time to move more slowly, while routine experiences caused our perception of time to speed up. Which I think coincidences with your experience
My main hang-up with this line of thinking, not that I disagree entirely and can only speak for myself, but when you go on a vacation for instance, typically speaking that’s a new experience. I’ve never gone on a vacation that seemed to pass by slower than my daily routine back home. Another one, I don’t have any kids but I’ve always heard people say (and it’s also corroborated by posts in this thread) that time flies by when your kids are infants and to always cherish it. Especially so with your first one. These are new experiences that are generally accepted as passing by in the blink of an eye. So for me, I don’t see this as the prevailing reason.
Posted on 9/24/21 at 8:56 am to Tweezy
This. You beat me to the post. 
Posted on 9/24/21 at 8:57 am to Ryan3232
Idk days still drag at the plant.
Posted on 9/24/21 at 8:57 am to Sasquatch Smash
I think that perception of time has many influences. I know with my work schedule it flies by. We work a rotation shift of 12 hour days, in blocks of night shift, days off, then day shift. It makes for long days, but short weeks. You do t see much of your family on a daily basis with this schedule either so it seems your kids grow up faster. That’s my personal take.
Posted on 9/24/21 at 8:59 am to sparkinator
Could also go back to learning like someone else said on the first page.
Everything is new, once you’re in your grind...the world becomes “old hat.”
Everything is new, once you’re in your grind...the world becomes “old hat.”
Posted on 9/24/21 at 9:03 am to Ryan3232
I mean it makes sense. An hour to a kid who's been alive for 3 years is .003% of their life, whereas for a 50 year old it's so, so small.
Posted on 9/24/21 at 9:10 am to Ryan3232
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There is not a drug in my system outside of a minor amount of Mr Bourbon; But as I age, a day seems to go by quicker than a 50 minute class of high school as I remember it. It’s like each year that passes by, the clock ticks a little faster. Im not sad about it, but I notice it more and more.
Such a weird feeling
I’ve always had a theory on this. At 50 years old, a year is 1/50th of your life. At 5 years old, a year was 1/5 of your life. As a percentage of the amount of time you’ve experienced in your life, a year is shorter now than it was then and you experience it as such. It’s the only explanation that makes sense to me
ETA: apparently a lot of people have the same thoughts I do
This post was edited on 9/24/21 at 9:12 am
Posted on 9/24/21 at 9:13 am to Ryan3232
Me to everyone in this thread:
Posted on 9/24/21 at 9:15 am to Tweezy
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I used to think about this a lot. I’ve decided that time passes by faster as you age because you have lived more days/years than ever before. When you’re 25 a year holds much less significance in your perception of time than when you are say only 4 years old and a year represents 25% of your conscious experiences, making it seem like an eternity
This has been my working hypothesis also. Some argue that it has more to do with how the brain processes new things v. familiar things. The brain tends to give less emphasis to familiar things. That’s why our perception of time after driving on the same road over and over can make the trip seem quicker. It seems longer when you are unfamiliar with the road and shorter after you’ve pretty much memorized the landscape, road signs, landmarks, etc.
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