why time felt slower when we were kids (and how to get it back)
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why time felt slower when we were kids (and how to get it back)
For most of my life I wanted things to go faster. Last week, I realized that now I want things to slow down. That change seems meaningful. I don’t know what’s catalyzed it—getting older, probably. Feeling that I’m finally headed in the right direction. Mindfulness? Whatever it is, I’ve noticed that the present seems more bearable.
Ava • pacing
So here is the take-home lesson. We have to seek novelty, because this is what lays down new memories in the brain.
Want to Feel You're Living a Longer, Fuller Life? Neuroscience Says Making Denser Memories Is the Best Way to Slow the Passage of Time
not a hot take: most of you feel like life peaked in intensity before 21.
but here’s what’s actually happening, your brain compresses repetitive data.
Childhood = constant new input.
Adulthood = routines, copy-paste days, less novelty.
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Francielle Dellamorax.comI see time to be directly linked to attention. You can fuse with your surroundings (archaic time), lock into one object (magical time/flow/addiction), orient around events, narrative or cycles (mythical time), or obsess over budgeting hours and minutes (rational time). The idea of escaping rational time and realizing “I am time” is liberating, and
... See moreLately time has been moving too fast. The places I used to frequent are all closed, my brother grows a head taller every time I see him, all my friends are moving away, doors and empty apartments spinning in their wake. The map of my life is getting larger, choices feel weightier. All the things I vowed to love forever have changed, and I’m
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