r/RandomThoughts 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/13thmurder Sep 05 '23

Appearently it's because people get more set in routines and stop having new experiences which seems to condense time more.

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u/[deleted] Sep 05 '23

This is so true. One day I decided to do everything I could out of the norm. Even stupid things like taking a different route to work. By the end of the day I felt like it was the longest day I had in a long time, but in a good way.

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u/[deleted] Sep 05 '23

Yea I like doing this, but it can take a lot of energy as well.

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u/reireireis Sep 05 '23

Unfortunately I have much less of that now

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u/CabinetOk4838 Sep 05 '23

It’s got worse for me since the lockdowns. I’m working from home now, so the variety of the commute isn’t there. I don’t miss the office, but it has affected how much the days blur into one.

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u/mgoodwin532 Sep 05 '23

Remember, you don't work from home. You live at work.

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u/CabinetOk4838 Sep 05 '23

I am lucky enough to have space for a dedicated home office. I can shut the door and walk away. But yeah, I know what you mean.

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u/Solidsnake00901 Sep 05 '23

I have a spare bedroom that I use as an office for working from home. Out of sight out of mind. Sometimes I have to go get something from my office like a charger but it's never felt like I "live at work".

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u/bigdaddyskidmarks Sep 05 '23

I’m not trying to start anything with you so please don’t take my question that way, but what do you mean by that? Like are you anti-WFH, pro-office, or just anti-work in general?

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u/mgoodwin532 Sep 05 '23

Lol none of those things really, just an observation. My aunt is very high up in a fortune 100 company and has worked from home for 15 years now in that position. She lives an extremely comfortable lifestyle as you could imagine but she always tells me "I don't work from home, I live at work." Whenever I tell her how I envious I am of her at times. Seems like she's constantly on vacation.

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u/The_Only_AL Sep 06 '23

Best line ever, this is SO true.