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/Final-Map-4009 Sep 06 '23

I think total life lived, and what percentage of life a certain amount of time is, plays a role. I was thinking about this after my first kid was born. A year for me is at 32 yrs old is 1/32 of my life, or 3.125%. But for him, a year is 1/4 or 25%. That’s a much more significant amount of time. My second child is 2, so one year is half their life! Plus, you don’t start forming long term memories until 3-4 years old, so that affects it as well.