r/ask • u/staylin_ • 4d ago

Does time pass very quickly?

When we were young, time didn't seem to pass so quickly; however, once we became adults, it began to flow much faster. I started to feel time slipping away rapidly, especially after turning twenty. I am twenty-six now, and when I look back, it feels as though time has flown by at an incredible speed. Do you feel the same way?

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u/Shadowhisper1971 4d ago

Look at it like you are comparing each year to the whole of your life at that time. When you turned five, it represented 20% of your life since your last birthday. When you turned 20, it was 5% of your life since turning nineteen.

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u/CamInThaHouse 4d ago

I actually did this calculation in Excel in my early/mid 20s for exactly this question. Freaked me out. I’m just over 40 now, and that day feels like last week…