Comments on: Birthday Madness http://stevievan.com/2006/10/14/birthday-madness/ thoughts about faith, life, and other things Wed, 24 Feb 2010 18:06:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Administrator http://stevievan.com/2006/10/14/birthday-madness/comment-page-1/#comment-83 Administrator Sun, 05 Nov 2006 01:42:09 +0000 http://stevievan.com/2006/10/14/birthday-madness/#comment-83 good words Bob, I never thought of it that way. Thanks again for your wonderful insight good words Bob, I never thought of it that way. Thanks again for your wonderful insight

]]> By: Bob Souer http://stevievan.com/2006/10/14/birthday-madness/comment-page-1/#comment-82 Bob Souer Tue, 31 Oct 2006 03:07:42 +0000 http://stevievan.com/2006/10/14/birthday-madness/#comment-82 Steve, Here's my theory to explain "Why does time compress the older you get?" Our frame of reference for a "really long time" as humans is "all my life." Think about when you've heard a six-year-old talk about "all my life" and how long that's been. It seems funny to us adults, but to a kid, it's very serious. To someone who is 5, a single year is 20 percent of "all my life," a huge amount. The older we get, the smaller the percentage of "all my life" a single year represents. So, each year seems to go faster, because it's a smaller and smaller slice of "all my life." Be well, Bob Steve,

Here’s my theory to explain “Why does time compress the older you get?”

Our frame of reference for a “really long time” as humans is “all my life.” Think about when you’ve heard a six-year-old talk about “all my life” and how long that’s been. It seems funny to us adults, but to a kid, it’s very serious.

To someone who is 5, a single year is 20 percent of “all my life,” a huge amount. The older we get, the smaller the percentage of “all my life” a single year represents. So, each year seems to go faster, because it’s a smaller and smaller slice of “all my life.”

Be well,
Bob

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