I remember being a kid thinking waiting for an event that was 2 weeks away felt like 2 years away.
I remember school days feeling like it dragged on and on.
Now as a working adult, I can’t remember what day is is tomorrow or even today. My days bleeds in together in a good way.
As a kid, having less things to do was a factor. As an adult, you find there’s not enough hours in a day.
How do you remember experiencing time as a child?
In: Biology
Oh this has been studied lots and they have scientific theories on how this works.
Science says it’s all about perception. For example you are 10, one year represents 10% of your entire life and your brain only has 10 years of life and memories stored so your perception of time is based on this.
Compare this to say a 50 year old where a year represents only 2% of your life and you have 50 years of life experience and memories stored in your brain so your perception of an hour at 50 is much quicker than when you are younger.
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