Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day
You fritter and waste the hours in an off-hand way
Kicking around on a piece of ground in your home town
Waiting for someone or something to show you the way
Tired of lying in the sunshine, staying home to watch the rain
And you are young and life is long, and there is time to kill today
And then one day you find ten years have got behind you
No one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun
Physiologically it’s because the brain is learning more stuff when you’re young. The new experiences stretch the passage of time. The inverse is true when you get older because the brain doesn’t have to assimilate as much. You can kind of get some of that feeling back by learning new stuff, like picking up an instrument, or learning a new language etc.
Probably why I feel like I experience the biggest “time dilation” during childhood after moving to the United States. New Language, new environment. So many different cultures, also around this time, my brain is more developed to be able to remember more. Free libraries, and most importantly, free access to the open internet, stuff that my previous country didn’t have, didn’t even have internet before. Like the world just felt bigger after that plane ride.
I remember reading some kids book about science and plants and space, now I could just “look it up” on the internet. Anything you wanted to see. Sooo many planets and space facts that couldn’t be found in one tiny book lol.
So many memories…
Now I feel like I just seen all of the interesting movies and TV. Nothing is new… except deteriorating politics 🤷♂️
I think this is super true. We moved across the pond and are learning a new language, new culture, everything. Time feels SO slow. This year has been a decade.
It’s been hard, but also that part has been cool and a good reminder that it doesn’t always have to be that way