Random post about perception of time as you age

[Deleted]

Yeah, I feel like what they say is true--the older you get, the faster it goes.
As a kid, it felt like summers lasted forever!  As an adult, it's like, winter holidays, summer, winter holidays, summer.  

[atexan]

I think about this a lot. Time definitely seems to go faster as I get older. It's a real thing and has to do with how the brain responds to novelty, which there is less of the older you get. You can fight it off somewhat by seeking new experiences but it's mostly inevitable.

If I think about it too much I get panicky so try really hard to block it.

[AutumnRose25]

I read an article recently that explained why time seems to" speed up" as we get older.

When your brain is having new experiences, it takes the time to fully absorb and process what is happening.
As you start to repeat activities over time, your brain kind of goes on "auto pilot" and zones out.

So you "recognize" less time actively so you don't register it as much....if that makes sense.

Basically why busy weekends when you are doing something new can feel longer but a weekend where you just do "routine" chores feels short.

I will see if I can find it- it was primarily about people saying they often feel like they zone out and don't remember chunks of their daily commute, which is apparently nothing to be worried about LOL

[Moe]

I was listening to TED Radio Hour today, check out the August 5th podcast, "Shifting Time". Really cool

www.npr.org/podcasts/510298/ted-radio-hour

[Deleted]

Time is so crazy. I remember when I was a kid, the 3 months I'd spend at my grandparents lasted forevvvver. Now I look at my 5 year old and I'm all wtf happened here. How do I have 3 kids?

[lilac05]

Aug 17, 2016 21:56:28 GMT -5 Moe said:

I was listening to TED Radio Hour today, check out the August 5th podcast, "Shifting Time". Really cool

www.npr.org/podcasts/510298/ted-radio-hour

I'm listening to this now.  At the same time, I'm reading an article of Lochte's incident in Brazil...which occurred at 4AM.

I've read the same thing about mapping new memories asking time seem like it moves more slowly.  Which is why I have a million memories from one semester that I spent traveling abroad (never staying in the same city more than 5 days), yet I'm lucky if I have a few memories of any other college semester.

[Moe]

Aug 17, 2016 22:20:34 GMT -5 lilac05 said:

Aug 17, 2016 21:56:28 GMT -5 Moe said:

I was listening to TED Radio Hour today, check out the August 5th podcast, "Shifting Time". Really cool

www.npr.org/podcasts/510298/ted-radio-hour

I'm listening to this now.  At the same time, I'm reading an article of Lochte's incident in Brazil...which occurred at 4AM.

I've read the same thing about mapping new memories asking time seem like it moves more slowly.  Which is why I have a million memories from one semester that I spent traveling abroad (never staying in the same city more than 5 days), yet I'm lucky if I have a few memories of any other college semester.

Just wait till you get to the cosmology section of the podcast, where they're defining time (and it's directionality, or relative existence (or lack thereof) within the context of the universe.

I feel like peeing and my mind exploding at the same time.  Humbling beyond belief.

[Deleted]

I feel like the older I get the faster time goes

[happywife]

Time definitely seems to go faster for me now, it's crazy

[textbookcase]

It's so crazy. I lived in this one house as a kid for like 2 years and I swear it seems like at least 5 when I'm remembering it in my mind.

[lauren170]

And think about it this way - when you go from age 1 to 2 you have to double your life! To double my life I need to go 32 years, so
I'll be 64! Maybe it's not scientifically correct, but that's why I assumed it feels like ages between Christmas when you're a kid, and it comes around so quickly as an adult!

[nicbreeful]

Aug 17, 2016 21:56:06 GMT -5 AutumnRose25 said:

I read an article recently that explained why time seems to" speed up" as we get older.

When your brain is having new experiences, it takes the time to fully absorb and process what is happening.
As you start to repeat activities over time, your brain kind of goes on "auto pilot" and zones out.

So you "recognize" less time actively so you don't register it as much....if that makes sense.

Basically why busy weekends when you are doing something new can feel longer but a weekend where you just do "routine" chores feels short.

I will see if I can find it- it was primarily about people saying they often feel like they zone out and don't remember chunks of their daily commute, which is apparently nothing to be worried about LOL

I read this exact same article and was going to post it but you beat me to it.

[lexxasaurus]

Also, when you're four, a year is A FOURTH of your whole life. Like, that IS a lot! Now, a year? 1/28. It's such a small amount of time that goes quickly. After so many more years, the concurrent ones go by so much faster.