Slow it down by seeking novelty? Maybe, but the fact that when a year is ten percent of your life to date, as opposed to on sixtieth of it, it’s going to seem to go by faster.
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Slow it down by seeking novelty? Maybe, but the fact that when a year is ten percent of your life to date, as opposed to on sixtieth of it, it’s going to seem to go by faster.
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That’s like a law of physics. Age is like a large gravity well. The deeper you get into it the faster time appears to pass among those not as deeply into it.
Okay today I will brush my teeth backwards and see if I re-experience yesterday.
“Because time is a “psychological construct,” ”
Not exactly but as with everything else in existence we try and get past the limitations of human perception to better understand objective reality. I like a little woo every now and then but this article seems to be more about embracing the woo rather than working past it.
Why would one even want to slow your perception of the passage of time rather than revel in the benefits nature provides?
And the last paragraph doesn’t describe novelty so much as doing the same things over and over. What the author is probably seeking is a pharmacological experience that induces biochemical effects of novelty while doing the ordinary.
So you are saying you are Wo Dun?
I certainly do think humanity is inseparable from our woo, so…
I like to read woo-dunits.
Joe Biden could probably advise.
I have to say that my personal perception of time passing is greatly against the norm, for me this year and many of the previous years have been long, long stretches of time, punctuated by some short periods when I get to take time off from work. I think part of the reason is that I don’t watch TV or listen to radio other than traffic reports on my commute. I also have the benefit of having flexible hours, so I don’t have to start work at exactly 8:30 or leave at exactly 6:00, as long as I get the tasks done within 40 hours/week (overtime forbidden by contract). I try to tell people that I don’t perceive time as “speeding up” for any reason, because it’s so outside the norm. BTW, I just turned 61.