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Do you find a change in your routine slows down time?

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Living a fairly routine life as I do it seems to me that time is just speeding away...like 10x faster than when I had a fairly routine work life but had more variety in my off/personal time. Apparently when you are subject to new experiences etc like on vacation, it will seem that time slows down. It seems to me this was true on my last real vacation and I am hoping that it seems that way in Cabo.

Does routine grease the wheels of time?


Literally last week seems like a month ago to me and it seems like every couple hours I am putting mom to bed. It's weird. I am not sure I like this feeling. Anyone know what I'm talking about? What can I do to slow things down and live in the moment more?


I used to think time just sped up as you got older because a decade was a smaller fraction of your life than say when you are 20 and it is %50....but there is more to it than that.
 
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As I understand it, we largely perceive time as a function of how much new information we store to memory. For example, during a terrifying ordeal, your brain goes into high gear, storing every detail it can. As a result, your perception of that ordeal is that time slowed down.

It stands to reason, that if you're doing the same thing day in and day out, that there is less new information to store in your memory, and you will have the opposite effect. :dunno: Could be.

I'd find a way take up some things that are totally new to you that you can do around the house while watching mom. How about learning a new instrument?
 
Just found this which pretty much confirms what I was thinking. http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/cutting-edge-leadership/201212/why-time-flies-you-age

So anything that is "new" will seem to slow down time. I took piano and flute lessons as a kid ..not sure I am up for a new instrument. Maybe learning a new language would be fun. I suppose Spanish would be the obvious one, but I have always wanted to learn Italian or French..moreso Italian.


Anyway, people complain about vacation time going "too fast," but seems like in reality, if you are doing something you have not done before, it actually would seem to last longer. Yay.
 
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I find being drunk makes time faster, more enjoyable and very forgetful.
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Not to be a kill joy...but I saw something on the news the other day about the relation between drinking and Alzheimers/dementia. As one who has seen that up close, I really worry about my friends who drink heavily. It is a horrible disease. At least take some Ginko Biloba with it.
 
Rule of thumb for me: if I want to time to go fast, it goes slow. If I want time to go slow, it goes fast.

Guaranteed: my response to a change in routine will be the opposite of what I hope, time-wise.


My brain works against my brain.

Stupid brain.
 
IAG
I just got the best news ever. I love 2014. Things are turning around ...this COULD be the Year of IAG after all. I expect time to be slowing down in the next 3-6 months. Woooooooooooo
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IAG
I said good news. not "oh shit!"
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prob best to not tell us what the news is. don't deviate from the gamelive mantra of not over sharing and keep it close to the vest, like you usually do.


glad you got a pump of optimism

this will be a kick ass year for you, me and GL!!!!
 
Time definitely goes faster as I get older. I can't believe how old I am. It's ridiculous.

There is more room for routine in my life as I get older. For a lot of my life I abhored it and considered routine an enemy to be battled at all cost.

But now, as my mind slips away and the Alzheimers creeps in, I embrace routine more and more. Things that need done get done because they are routine.

If I had to count on actually thinking of everything, I would be in big trouble.
 
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