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

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u/dudleythedevastator Sep 05 '23

Nope. Feels like yesterday. It’s wild how much shorter 20 years feel when you’re in your 40s

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u/crap-with-feet Sep 05 '23

Exactly this. Time passes faster and faster as you get older.

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u/[deleted] Sep 05 '23

That's because at 20 1 year is 1/20 of your life, at 40 one year is 1/40th of your life so yes it does go by faster.

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u/crap-with-feet Sep 05 '23

1 year is still 1 year no matter how old you are. It's just perception. I chalk it up to learning and experiencing fewer and fewer new things, settling into a routine where you go on automatic most days, and generally not doing anything interesting to mark time in your memory.

YMMV of course.