2009 seems to have flown by. Rightly so since so much happened in the last 12 months. I was hoping that time would start to slow down, but it seems like each week goes by more quickly than the last.
Yesterday I ran across a post by Jennifer Hohn which points out that as a kid, time moved slowly because you were taking in all the amazing details. Time seems to speed up because as we grow up we start to overlook all those details.
Perhaps there is also a mathematical reason that time seems to move more quickly as each day goes by. As you get older, the day to lifetime ratio decreases, so each day feels shorter in comparison to all the days that have already passed.
For example:
When you are 5 years old, 1 year is approximately 20% of your life.
When you are 25 years old, 1 year is approximately 4% of your life.
When you are 50 years old, 1 year is approximately 2% of your life.
When you are 5 years old, 1 week is approximately 0.3846% of your life.
When you are 25 years old, 1 week is approximately 0.0769% of your life.
When you are 50 years old, 1 week is approximately 0.03847% of your life.
When you are 5 years old, 1 day is approximately 0.05479% of your life.
When you are 25 years old, 1 day is approximately 0.01095% of your life.
When you are 50 years old, 1 day is approximately 0.00547% of your life.
Whenever Friday rolls around and I wonder what happened to Monday through Thursday, I can’t help but think if there is a way to slow time down. Mathematically, it doesn’t look like there is much hope. Maybe the best idea is to take Jennifer Hohn’s advice and train ourselves to be truly present in the moment.
