"The amount of novelty continues to increase as the child grows into a teen. Between the ages of 15 and 25, there is more freedom and new experiences to explore. There are more ‘firsts’ and these memories are usually densely packed. There is a first love, first kiss, first alcoholic drink, first sexual relationship, and first time away from home. Psychologists refer to that period as the ‘reminiscent bump’. These rich memories are easily remembered because they occur during the formative years when a person’s identity is being consolidated. These novel experiences create so many memory markers that when they are recalled, that period of time will appear to have taken longer than it actually did. Time will seem to have been running slowly. This goes on until the late twenties when people start to settle down. In our thirties, our lifestyle often starts to become more organized and predictable. We may find a steady job, establish a family with the usual home chores and rhythm that repeats itself week after week. The amount of new experiences decreases and things become much more familiar. There is less novelty and we slowly lose that childish sense of wonder. We gradually stop paying conscious attention to the things around us -the town we live in, the buildings, streets, and our route to work-since we have seen those a million times. Our brain starts ignoring most of the familiar things and ceases to notice the small details that makes one day different from another. With fewer unique memories being recorded, the period of time will be experienced as being shorter. As a result, a year of childhood that is full of rich memories will seem longer than a year of adulthood which has fewer"
Wednesday, 17 May 2017
"‘When you feel that the years are flying by, routine and monotony are the culprits’"
"‘When you feel that the years are flying by, routine and monotony are the culprits’"
"When you feel that the years are flying by, routine and monotony are the culprits. It is like when you go to sleep and wake up 8 hours later and feel the whole night was just a couple of seconds long, because your brain has stopped processing new memories. A couple of decades will feel the same way if your brain spends that time in a routine that is devoid of novel experiences."
AGING BRAIN X NT
An Aging Brain One of the unavoidable facts of life is that our brains are going to deteriorate as we grow older. This is another physiological factor behind why getting older affects our time perception. An ageing brain also goes through physical changes, such as a drop in the levels of dopamine neurotransmitters and the gradual deterioration of the central nervous system. Neurotransmitters, as we saw earlier, are the means by which brain cells communicate with each other and play a critical role in time perception 159. When they are abundant in the brain, information processing is fast and the internal clock runs faster. However, neurotransmitters start to decline over the course of a normal lifespan causing the brain’s internal clock to run slower, so time durations shrink in our mind and time appears to fly."
AGING -the future recedes. Possibilities decreasing, regrets mounting.
the future recedes. Possibilities decreasing, regrets mounting.’ Our dreams take a hit with the harsh realization of the amount of time we have to spend to achieve them, compared to the diminishing time remaining."
FBC FAMILIARITY BREEDS CONTEMPT
brief, time appears to speed up as we grow older for a variety of reasons. Familiarity that leads to inattention is one of the chief reasons. The slower information processing speed of an ageing brain, aggravated by an increase in routine that reduces the quantity and intensity of mental snapshots, is the main culprit. Another reason is the time pressure created by the increase in responsibilities and roles that come with adulthood. All those factors produce a nagging feeling that there is not have enough time to do all the things we want to do, and that has tremendous negative implications for the way we live our life and our overall well-being."
SUM OF DAYS X FORMLESS BLUR
‘The two most important days of your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why’ ― Mark Twain ‘If I were to begin life again, I should want it as it was. I would only open my eyes a little more’ ―Jules Renard ‘It is how we choose what we do, and how we approach it, that will determine whether the sum of our days adds up to a formless blur, or to something resembling a work of art’ ― Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi"
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