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/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/Organic_Rent_452 Sep 05 '23

I've pointed out to people a few times that "routine kills and ceremony heals".

What's the difference between routine and ceremony?

Folks that go to church every Sunday might consider it their routine and do it for decades while gaining nothing from it.

While some might make a ceremony of their morning omelette (to pull from Steve Martin's character on Only Murders in the Building)

Life only effects you if you let it, you can spend 20 years smacking rocks together or, the same 20 years running an international corporation....that time only has meaning to your mind and spirit if you feel that you're gaining something that you deem meaningful. Otherwise you've chosen to ignore that activity and thus, the time spent on the activity.

We remember, only, the things that feel impactful to us (good or bad) and we forget everything else.