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Why Time Flies Faster Every Year
My Grandpa turned 94 recently so many members of my Mom’s side of the family and I coordinated a Zoom call for him via Facebook Messenger. These group chats can get interesting.
One of my cousins posted a picture of me, my siblings, and her wearing ridiculous costumes pieced together after rummaging through Grandma’s old theatre costumes.
“Wow, this was 30 years ago!” someone said.
“What? I always think of this time as maybe like 10 years ago” someone with their first newborn in their profile pic replied.
“Just wait, it goes much faster now that you have a little human to love…like twice as fast!” I said.
This got me thinking. Everyone says “Oh, enjoy every minute…it goes so fast” about having kids. Or “time flies” for every other part of life.
This is all said so much, it’s become cliche. But as I’ve found with other cliches, they become a cliche due to some unchanging truth they hold.
The truth in this time flies cliche is that time simply does seem to speed up each year of our life. This can be distressing when you think about it. Now that I’m over 40, this thought can feel like sitting on a sled accelerating down…
