Whenever I leave home it feels like time is normal but coming back (drive, plane, bike anything) my concept of time feels a lot shorter.
Why is this?
In: Biology
Anticipation.
You’re excited for what’s ahead when you’re going somewhere and the anticipation makes it feel like it takes longer to get there.
Going home is just going home.
In addition to what the other posters said, especially when driving, familiarity plays a part as well. The first time you drove somewhere, everything you saw was all new. On your drive home, it’s no longer, you’re seeing it again. Your memory doesn’t need to “save” it so it seems shorter.
Going somewhere, I’m always alert, looking for things like turnings. Also trying not to overshoot a landmark or turning.
Going home, I’m relaxed.
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