The feeling that time moves faster as we age is a well-studied psychological and neurological phenomenon. It happens because our brains process familiar routines with less active data storage, measure time proportionally against the length of our lives, and physically process visual information more slowly over time. single year represents a much smaller fraction of your total life the older you get.Age 5 vs Age 50: For a 5-year-old, one year is 20% of their entire existence. For a 50-year-old, one year is only 2%.Mental scale: Because each year takes up a smaller percentage of our lived experience, our brains perceive it as a shorter span.
Kids experience everything for the first time - riding a bike, tasting a new food, or starting a new grade. This forces the brain to pay close attention and record dense memories.
As adults, we live in routines. Because our commutes, work tasks, and daily chores are or were familiar, the brain stops recording every detail. When you look back at a year filled with routine, your memory has fewer distinct markers to hold onto, making the time feel compressed.
In three days I will be 80 years old. Your chart ends at 80,,,what are you trying to say? Have I only got three days left? TELL ME! I just bought a stock of green bananas....Aaaa.
ReplyDeleteThere's around 120k people over 100 in the U.S. and almost 3/4 of a million worldwide, so no worry. Eat well, exercise, and avoid crowds.
DeleteSorry I don't believe that explanation for a second.
ReplyDeleteYou might be right … everyone from kids to ancients might be experiencing time going fast. There’s a lot of dark matter out there and who’s to say we’re not travelling through a sludge pile of it at the moment. Time speeds up when you slow down …
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