That’s what I’m telling you. A month feels like a month, a year feels like a year. When people say “OMG! I can’t believe that 2005 was 20 years ago!” or something like that, I think “Yes, that feels about right.”
I never understand those kinds of posts. It makes me concerned that so many people have such a loose grasp of the passage of time.
It is because their lives are too boring and uneventful? Is it because their life is very hectic with constant responsibility?
I see comments about x being y years ago “do you feel old now”, and all I can think is that even covid feels like a lifetime ago and that was only a few years ago.
There are studies that show that our brains like to automate routines and habits. For example, when I had a job that was 1 hour away from where I lived, at first that hour of driving felt like an eternity, but after a year of making that drive I would start to day dream and then suddenly I would be there without much memory of driving.
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That’s what I’m telling you. A month feels like a month, a year feels like a year. When people say “OMG! I can’t believe that 2005 was 20 years ago!” or something like that, I think “Yes, that feels about right.”
I never understand those kinds of posts. It makes me concerned that so many people have such a loose grasp of the passage of time.
It is because their lives are too boring and uneventful? Is it because their life is very hectic with constant responsibility?
I see comments about x being y years ago “do you feel old now”, and all I can think is that even covid feels like a lifetime ago and that was only a few years ago.
There are studies that show that our brains like to automate routines and habits. For example, when I had a job that was 1 hour away from where I lived, at first that hour of driving felt like an eternity, but after a year of making that drive I would start to day dream and then suddenly I would be there without much memory of driving.
Out of curiosity, how old are you?
Between 35 and 45
Interesting, I’m similarly in that range and I can definitely perceive the difference in the passage of time relative to when I was younger.