[Redway]

What do you think of that phrase [“life’s too short (to...)”]? Does life genuinely feel as short as some people say it is or is it flipping long?

[Kazanne]

When I was a teen I thought I was invincible,but as you get older time DOES seem to go quicker, and I never seem to have enough time to fit everything in I want to do.so I think when you are young 70yrs+ seems ages but get to 40 and it seems to go quick.

[Jordan.]

It's gonna be a long slog this life for me.

[The Slim Reaper]

Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute. That's relativity

- Albert Einstein

[Niamh.]

It's the longest thing we'll all do though

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

It's the longest thing we'll all do though

Neem I had to watch a whole season of Deadliest Catch (turns out its crabs ) to please the TL

that was a lot longer, believe me

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

Neem I had to watch a whole season of Deadliest Catch (turns out its crabs ) to please the TL

that was a lot longer, believe me

Gav loves that show, I'm with you on it though

[MTVN]

Originally Posted by The Slim Reaper

- Albert Einstein

What if you're with a pretty girl and get tongue tied, exhaust all conversation in 5 minutes and spend the rest of the time in awkward silence, I reckon the hand on the stove goes quicker then

[Marsh.]

Yes, life is short.

[Vicky.]

I think life is both short, and long I know that sounds nonsensical, and maybe it is. I think it seems to drag and be boring as **** at times, however when you reach your deathbed you would love to go back and do it all over again.

I don't relish the thought of the average life expectancy going up and up mind. I think I would be quite happy going at about 70, not ****ing 100. I seem to be doing as much as I can to make this happen, may possibly go a bit earlier than that, all things considered

[Marsh.]

Vicky stop bumming us out!

[Livia]

The older I get the faster it goes. I used to think that was just grown ups moaning, but it's actually true.

[user104658]

My daughter started P1 and I'm sure that was like a month ago, but I blinked and now she's in P5 and I'm scared to blink again because then she'll be in high school .

Definitely too fast.

And it's (literally) true about age; remember when you were a kid and it felt like FOREVER from one Christmas to the next... But now, one minute you're eating your turkey, the next it's the day after Halloween and you're saying "Oh ffs shops have Christmas decorations up already!".

If anyone's remotely interested; this is because in hindsight we estimate the passage of time based on the time from one "new memorable experience" to the next. The younger you are, the more experiences are "new", therefore the more stretched out time feels. As you get older you get into daily routines / work patterns and can autopilot through weeks without any meaningful new memories being formed, so most of that gets discarded as "junk data" and therefore, in your memory that time seems far shorter.

It's a memory illusion though. In the moment you experience time at a uniform rate, but all that actually matters in human experience is memory. If the moment has passed and you don't remember it, it effectively didn't happen to you.


In other words, if you want your life to feel as long as possible when you look back on it, you need to fill it with as many diverse new experiences as possible. Change careers, visit NEW places on holiday instead of heading back to the place you loved last year, switch up your diet lots... Etc.

[Mystic Mock]

I still have memories of my Primary School years like they were yesterday.

So yes life is too short imo.

[Redway]

Originally Posted by Vicky.

I think life is both short, and long I know that sounds nonsensical, and maybe it is. I think it seems to drag and be boring as **** at times, however when you reach your deathbed you would love to go back and do it all over again.

I don't relish the thought of the average life expectancy going up and up mind. I think I would be quite happy going at about 70, not ****ing 100. I seem to be doing as much as I can to make this happen, may possibly go a bit earlier than that, all things considered

Agreed.

[Calderyon]

Shorter, if things go well most of the time/always and/or if it's exciting.

Longer, if things don't go well most of the time/always and/or boring.

etc.

[smudgie]

Advancing years, shorter life expectancy

Long enough for me thank you.

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

My daughter started P1 and I'm sure that was like a month ago, but I blinked and now she's in P5 and I'm scared to blink again because then she'll be in high school .

Definitely too fast.

And it's (literally) true about age; remember when you were a kid and it felt like FOREVER from one Christmas to the next... But now, one minute you're eating your turkey, the next it's the day after Halloween and you're saying "Oh ffs shops have Christmas decorations up already!".

If anyone's remotely interested; this is because in hindsight we estimate the passage of time based on the time from one "new memorable experience" to the next. The younger you are, the more experiences are "new", therefore the more stretched out time feels. As you get older you get into daily routines / work patterns and can autopilot through weeks without any meaningful new memories being formed, so most of that gets discarded as "junk data" and therefore, in your memory that time seems far shorter.

It's a memory illusion though. In the moment you experience time at a uniform rate, but all that actually matters in human experience is memory. If the moment has passed and you don't remember it, it effectively didn't happen to you.


In other words, if you want your life to feel as long as possible when you look back on it, you need to fill it with as many diverse new experiences as possible. Change careers, visit NEW places on holiday instead of heading back to the place you loved last year, switch up your diet lots... Etc.

Yeah, this is true. The longer you go between "meaningful" new experiences the quicker the time in-between feels as it just disappears in a blur of sameness.

So then when you think back to that last exciting experience you had two years ago, it feels like those two years have just vanished into nothing.