HighlanderNorth
Flashlight Enthusiast
I remember when I was in my early teens or even before that when time seemed to creep by VERY slowly. When you're young you tend to go through phases of interest where you may be really into one particular hobby or interest, then several months or a year later you're no longer into that, now you're into something else.
I remember visiting our family when I was about 14, and I'd be talking to my cousins who were 10-20 years older than I was, and almost every time we'd go see them every 6-12 months, I had a new interest. I remember one cousin saying "what happened to skateboarding"? I'd think about it and I'd say "that was a long time ago, now I'm into BMX riding/racing". But the truth was, it hadnt been a long time since I had been into skateboarding, it was less than a year, but it seemed like an eternity to me at that time! Back then a year seemed like 5 years does today! I can look back at when I was, say, 19 years old. From there, if I was to look back just 5 years when I was 14, that seemed like a lifetime before! But now each year goes by like nothing, and 5 years seems like a year used to seem back when I was 19!
Just last week, I was working for a customer who is in his mid 70's, and I commented about how Christmas is here again already, and how fast time seems to fly by. To that he said, "just you wait, when you get to be my age it flies by much faster than it does at your age".
I really hope thats not the case. But our perception of time seems to change drastically as we get older. Ironically the only time that ever seemed to go by really fast when I was in my teens and before, was summer vacation!(Doesnt that figure!) Before you knew it, it was time to go back to school again!:shakehead
Whats your current perception of time based on your current age range, and does it seem to go by faster as 'you' get older?
I remember visiting our family when I was about 14, and I'd be talking to my cousins who were 10-20 years older than I was, and almost every time we'd go see them every 6-12 months, I had a new interest. I remember one cousin saying "what happened to skateboarding"? I'd think about it and I'd say "that was a long time ago, now I'm into BMX riding/racing". But the truth was, it hadnt been a long time since I had been into skateboarding, it was less than a year, but it seemed like an eternity to me at that time! Back then a year seemed like 5 years does today! I can look back at when I was, say, 19 years old. From there, if I was to look back just 5 years when I was 14, that seemed like a lifetime before! But now each year goes by like nothing, and 5 years seems like a year used to seem back when I was 19!
Just last week, I was working for a customer who is in his mid 70's, and I commented about how Christmas is here again already, and how fast time seems to fly by. To that he said, "just you wait, when you get to be my age it flies by much faster than it does at your age".
I really hope thats not the case. But our perception of time seems to change drastically as we get older. Ironically the only time that ever seemed to go by really fast when I was in my teens and before, was summer vacation!(Doesnt that figure!) Before you knew it, it was time to go back to school again!:shakehead
Whats your current perception of time based on your current age range, and does it seem to go by faster as 'you' get older?