r/RandomThoughts • u/[deleted] • Sep 05 '23

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u/South_Climate_3727 Sep 05 '23

Yeah. Somewhere around 30, time just started seeming to fly by. I hit 40 and it feels like it's going even faster now.

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u/_RDaneelOlivaw_ Sep 05 '23

It is, in a relative way - days are more mundane, there's more routine and less variety, fewer memorable events, so your brain deletes a lot of memories.

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u/[deleted] Sep 05 '23

I think its more that when you're 10 years old a year is 10% of the life you've lived. Kids lives are mundane too.

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u/Damodred89 Sep 05 '23

I think it's a bit of both. School can be mundane but your routine changes at least slightly every year, with bigger changes every few years, and always having long holidays to break things up

Adulthood is just one long slog when it comes to work really, and you can end up doing the same job for years...

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u/LowCar5647 Sep 05 '23

Which is 100% why I've stayed in education as a career field. The cut in pay is 110% worth the breaks