Thread: Time.

This is an article I picked up on Metafilter which I found fascinating:

It's a commonly-observed phenomenon that when you're a kid every day seems like an eternity. This was true through most of my younger years. Even as recently as my late 20s (I'm 32) days seemed to be a reasonable length. But all that seems to be changing now. There never seems to be enough hours in each day. Months are passing so quickly, an event of a couple of years ago can seem like yesterday. It's not as if I live a particularly boring life, rather that life seems to be speeding by now faster than it ever has and I'm losing the sense of having experienced every day to the fullest. At times this upsets me; I worry (irrationally) that when I get to the end of my life, it'll feel as if it's all gone by in the last two weeks.

What do you think causes this effect? Is there a name for it? Is it documented? Chronologically speaking I know it's all just a matter of perception, but do you think that perception can be controlled?

I'm not necessarily looking for scientific basis -- I'm more interested in your personal experiences, how this kind of thing affects you, if at all, and what you think about that.

Any thoughts?

Currently I'm wanting to pass the next 6 weeks realll fast -.-