Time dilation
When I was a kid summer vacation lasted forever. The days were long tracts of empty time filled with television, reading and copious amounts of small plastic figurines. I remember thinking when school rolled around, "wow, that went quick!".
Now, I am on the wrong side of my mid thirties (but not regretting it) and all I can see is how fast time goes. Every interminably long work day is over in the time it takes to stare at a spreadsheet, weeks are over faster than that, and years are slipping away faster than I remember they did. There was a time when - even in the huge rush that I was in - I felt like I had a lot waiting for me, a lot ahead of me. Now? Well, now I feel like I am on the return trip, which is always faster than the trip out.
I'm sure I'm overreacting, and this can be put down to the fact that I am going to be married in the next year at least in part, which seems to fill every day between today and "the Big Day" with events. But maybe it's not all just in my head. Does anyone else feel the time rushing past?
Comments
I was always passed out in the back seat of the car on any sort of "return trip"...strangely enough, I do feel constantly sleepy on this tail side of 30's
Posted by: Steve Wong | March 22, 2011 10:30 AM
Partly that has to do with how much more work you do now ... on the other hand, it could be due to your becoming an old fart.
Posted by: Lo Fat Mo | March 22, 2011 3:43 PM