LogFAQs > #930292960

LinkPizza posted...

That sucks. That means as you get older, even you feel like you're running out of time faster...

And in the same vein, it's why when you're a kid it can feel like waiting for something takes absolutely forever, but as an adult you feel like you never have enough time to do all the things you need/want to do.

And then you die.



Yellow posted...

I have a hunch that this is due to people getting jobs, where they train themselves to make the day go by as fast as possible. Maybe people just get too good at it.

I'd disagree with this, if only because I know people who are retired or unemployed who have the same outlook. If it was just related to work, they should be closer to the childlike perspective of time than the adult one.

It's far more likely to be related to a sense of perspective and scale. As a kid you only have a few years behind you compared to a seemingly infinite future stretching out forever in front of you. But as you get older the past starts getting longer and longer while the future gets shorter and shorter.

It may also relate to the simplicity of outlook and general lack of responsibilities on the part of kids versus the more complicated time balancing requirements of most adults.
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