Eli5 why does time “fly” in times of enjoyment but seem to drag on when we are uninterested in what we are doing or what is happening?

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I’ve been pondering this one for a while and really can’t figure it out.

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When you’re busy doing all these things you enjoy, you’re simply too busy to notice the passing of time. So it feels like it’s gone in an instant.

But when you have nothing to do, the fact that time passes a lot more slowly than you want it to becomes extremely apparent to you.

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