Older members, how do you deal with the fact that time is speeding up?

I’m 54. The last 10 years have flown by in the blink of an eye :eye:.

In 10 more years I’ll be 64 if I make it that far.

But I feel like my life is already done and over due to the probable speed of the up coming years. Whoooosh.

Maybe simply thinking about the future too much is a bad idea :thinking:

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I’m 62. I vaguely still think I have the desire to do more in my life. I’m tired and bored with my current life of laying around and surfing the web, I want to do more. I think I can pull it off. Yeah, the past ten years has flown by for me too and I figure I have about ten years left at the most so I want to do something.

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I’ll be 60 in a few months and I’m with you @everhopeful time is flying by

In 10 years I’ll be close to 70 if I make it that long

As far as I’m concerned I’m nearing the end of the road

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I’m 67 and felt like I could still work, but I can barely get to the store anymore, but I have health problems. I’m not really that concerned with how long I might live.

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“Don’t think, just shoot.” ~ Lomography motto.

You need a hobby, mang. Keep yourself too busy to worry about things.

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I’m almost 34 and my life has flown by especially since 2010 when I turned 20. I get depressed thinking I only have 36 years left.

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Your question makes me wonder, is childhood longer than adulthood, because growing up seemed to take forever.

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I feel like time is speeding up, but in reality it isn’t. It’s a purely psychological thing . My father was 93 when he died and My mother was 75. The mid point would give me another 17 years.

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im in my 30s but time has speed up like crazy. i think its cause my memory storage is failing tho. 12 hrs feels like 5 hrs. my days feels so short

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I’ve noticed time is going by much faster as I’m getting older. I’ve decided I need to get busier so I’m not thinking about it too much.

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Time is slower to children because it is difficult to be a child and all they want to do is grow up. Then, no sooner to you mature than it seems like life whisks you off your feet.

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Time is too slow for me because of sz

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If you want to make time go slower all you have to do is watch “This is spinal tap” over and over for the rest of your life. I watched it a few weeks back and I think I gained a year, perception wise.

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In all seriousness, I think this is primarily an acceptance of death issue. We have been alive ever since we have had perception(obviously), so we have an unknown factor which creates fear.

It’s difficult to fully vanquish this fear, but I think it is possible to gain some peace by accepting that it is an inevitable part of life. It’s going to happen to all of us, no matter how much you fight it.

Then you can maybe focus on other things in life.

Spending too much of your life fearing death does nothing for you and is not logical to do unless you want to make yourself suffer.

:vulcan_salute:

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I am going to be 62 in April…just yesterday I was 52. even 42, but 42 seems a long way away…so if I make it to 82…I will be happy.

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I just take things one day at a time. My spiritual path is exactly what it should be, so when it’s my time to clock out I trust my Higher Power to take care of me.

And I want a minister and a Rabbi to be there too. (Just to be on the safe side). :wink:

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Im also 54 and your right life is zooming bye. I would like to go to Africa before I go, but with the way my finances are going it doesn’t look good to go. I can’t believe in 10 years I’ll be 64, I still feel young inside, I guess that’s all that matters.

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Im 50, this october. And yes it does go by quicker. I know im still pretty young, compared to some of your chaps on here. But already, ive done a pre-paid funeral plan lol.

I will probably take out one of those over 50 life insurance policys, with no medical needed as well.

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I can’t believe I left school 20 years ago now!

Pretty crazy to think that

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I’m only 39 but time has sped up definitely. My father’s best friend was talking to me about this recently. He said that a week goes by in the same span of time that he used to take a day.

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