Time Flies

[MoonLit Meadow]

Probably a pointless thread, which could've gone in the "completely off off topic" area, but anyway...

When you're a kid, time seems like it drags on...like you're always waiting for Christmas...or your Birthday...or for school to be out for the summer...it just seems like whatever you're waiting for takes forever.

But as you get older, time goes by so quickly...seriously, I feel like I was JUST 18 (granted I'm only 24, but I seriously forget how old I am most of the time...I still feel like I should be a teenager or something). It's like time speeds up...and all of a sudden it's Christmas-Time again, etc...and you wonder where the year went.

SO ANYWAY...I've always wondered....when/if you live to be 80 or 90, etc...you FEEL like you've lived that long. Does it seem like you've been alive for that long? Or did it just fly by...like the years always seem to do. Does time ever "slow down" again like when you were young? Or is it always a race against the clock?

I hope this makes sense...and sorry if I generalized at all...maybe nobody feels that way, but just curious for any thoughts I guess. I suppose I could just ask some elderly people...but that seems a bit obnoxious ;)

[AUSTIN316426808]

Sorry I don't have much to say about the issue but I know what you're saying and I agree.

[MoonLit Meadow]

Originally posted by AUSTIN316426808
Sorry I don't have much to say about the issue but I know what you're saying and I agree.

That's cool...I don't expect to get TOO much of a response...I guess I was just wondering if anyone else ever thought about that..:)

[mothermold]

Originally posted by MoonLit Meadow
Probably a pointless thread, which could've gone in the "completely off off topic" area, but anyway...

When you're a kid, time seems like it drags on...like you're always waiting for Christmas...or your Birthday...or for school to be out for the summer...it just seems like whatever you're waiting for takes forever.

But as you get older, time goes by so quickly...seriously, I feel like I was JUST 18 (granted I'm only 24, but I seriously forget how old I am most of the time...I still feel like I should be a teenager or something). It's like time speeds up...and all of a sudden it's Christmas-Time again, etc...and you wonder where the year went.

SO ANYWAY...I've always wondered....when/if you live to be 80 or 90, etc...you FEEL like you've lived that long. Does it seem like you've been alive for that long? Or did it just fly by...like the years always seem to do. Does time ever "slow down" again like when you were young? Or is it always a race against the clock?

I hope this makes sense...and sorry if I generalized at all...maybe nobody feels that way, but just curious for any thoughts I guess. I suppose I could just ask some elderly people...but that seems a bit obnoxious ;)


well my grandmother is 92 and she certainly isnt racing against any clocks.i have a feeling if i asked her how it felt(being 92) she'd probably answer....how do you(me,I)feel,or something like that.

at any rate time is an illusion,it's not to be trusted.

[Sukie]

Here's how it works --- the older you get, the faster time goes. Get use to it. My advice is to not waste time fretting about getting older -- embrace it.

[psiren]

totally agree, my parents always said it seems to speed up the older you get and at 40 now i can see what they mean.:p

[Haunted]

I would just like two and a half years added back to my life. Those were the years wasted with my ex.

Also, in my life, it was sometime this summer that the world started speeding up. Fuck, it's almost Christmas, and it doesn't even seem like it should be Halloween yet, eventhough it's colder than shit here.

Halloween got here way to early. I think that's the problem. It's only a jump to Halloween, but a 10k marathon to Christmas, and I think I know why...those damnable, irritating, bloody stupid carols.

[novakru]

I'm 35 now
I just had my birthday and I freaked out in a major way.
My friends gave me such good advice and I cherish them in a new light now.
But the one piece of advice that pulled me from my muck played right into my vanity"You don't even look 30".
As a woman,this is important to me-and I make no apologies for it.

Time does go by quickly,in my thoughts leading up to and after my birthday-I thought about it alot.

I don't feel like I've aged a great deal over 25 although I know much more now and I handle my emotions a bit better.
If I have a problem in the RL,I speak with the voice of age,which goes a BIT further than my 25 year old self would have.

So getting wrinkles and sagging and grey hair sucks major donkey DICK,but it has advantages that goes beyond the physical that makes up for it in spades:)

[pinkfloyd45769]

I hate to think about this. When i start wondering what it will be like/feel like when i'm much older and wiser, i think it's only a matter of time until...death! I hate to think about where i was at 4 years ago and where i'll be in 40 years, i'd rather live in the moment. I know time passes quickly, it seems like only yesterday i was waiting for the day i turned 16 and could drive, 18 and be free,21 and drink legally, now all that has happened, i'm not looking foward to wrinkles or sagging. The one thing i'm certain of is i want to live a good life, i want to stop wondering where time went and make the best of the time i have. Now, i'm feeling all sad, i'm done! :)

[VampiricClown]

What's sad about this is the fact that I'm only 16 and christmas feels like it shouldn't be here for another 6 months.:( Time does go by way too fast.....

[Zero]

i think its all about perspective. when you are young - the future is really the only thing you have - so everything is focused on what you will do, where you will go. . .

as one gets older those "wills" are replaced with "haves" - what you have done, where you have gone. and those 'haves' seem to pile up fairly quickly (too quickly)

[MoonLit Meadow]

Originally posted by Zero
i think its all about perspective. when you are young - the future is really the only thing you have - so everything is focused on what you will do, where you will go. . .

as one gets older those "wills" are replaced with "haves" - what you have done, where you have gone. and those 'haves' seem to pile up fairly quickly (too quickly)

You're so right...I never thought about it that way...very interesting:)

And everyone else, thanks for taking the time to respond...you all brought so much perspective on this subject...

Nova, you're right...the physical aspect of aging definately isn't pleasant ;) However, as we age, we gain insights etc that are invaluable...there are benefits that cannot be gained from youth:)

Mags-So true...I try to tell myself to live in the moment, and enjoy it...but it's definately something that's hard for me to do. I feel as though I'm always looking toward the future, and by doing so...I end up rushing parts of my life away...it's something I'm trying to get a grip on, and learn how to handle better :)

[stubbornforgey]

em thinking that maybe theres an age where time slows down..
then a certain age where it speeds up
then the final age where time slows down again..
its as if the world is rotating faster and faster..(this sounds kinda stupid)
but em thinking...maybe its nearing the end for all of mankind.
like a umm umm....'wots that word'

SIF..when i remember i will post it up..


on that note what you posted novak..
('sniff' which was beautiful btw)

if you could change just one thing in your life..what would it be..
either an event..umm..a mistake...
anything...??

theres too many for me to list right now..will get back to ya's on that note too..

[novakru]

I wouldn't change a thing.
Bad,good any of it.

welllll......
maybe I wouldn't have tanned so much in my early 20's.



If I had known what I know now...this is just a fantasy-I would have:
1.)Never bothered with so much school only to never end up finishing anything.

2.)I would have travelled-everywhere.

3.)I would have painted till my hands fell off and my eyeballs cracked while I still had the talent and tried to actually get my work looked at by galleries.

4.)Even though I have fingers left when I count my lovers,I would have only slept with 2 (they are the only ones that were worth my time)

5.)I would have walked away one particular day in my life and never looked back.

6.)I would have said everything I needed to say,especially the words"I'm sorry".

7.)I would have spent alot more time with my great uncle...who knew he wouldn't live forever?



Fantasy for the future,which I could make into reality:
1.)Make sure my girls are never like me,and never regret their decisions because they were made for the good of their soul and not because of what others want of them.

2.)To one day have some peace inside myself.

[Zero]

Originally posted by novakru
I wouldn't change a thing.
Bad,good any of it.

welllll......
maybe I wouldn't have tanned so much in my early 20's.



If I had known what I know now...this is just a fantasy-I would have:
1.)Never bothered with so much school only to never end up finishing anything.

2.)I would have travelled-everywhere.

3.)I would have painted till my hands fell off and my eyeballs cracked while I still had the talent and tried to actually get my work looked at by galleries.

4.)Even though I have fingers left when I count my lovers,I would have only slept with 2 (they are the only ones that were worth my time)

5.)I would have walked away one particular day in my life and never looked back.

6.)I would have said everything I needed to say,especially the words"I'm sorry".

7.)I would have spent alot more time with my great uncle...who knew he wouldn't live forever?



Fantasy for the future,which I could make into reality:
1.)Make sure my girls are never like me,and never regret their decisions because they were made for the good of their soul and not because of what others want of them.

2.)To one day have some peace inside myself.

novarku is one of the five people you meet in heaven . . . .


seriously - words to live by (wish you'd passed on these gems to me about ten years ago)

[stubbornforgey]

damn straight too..
shes one of the few other females
whose postings are like poetry in motion..

'whisper'..did i say that right novak??
soz..i lost the piece of paper u wrote it all on..LOL...j.k ppls!!

mine i think would have to be...whew this
is hard..
if there was one thing in my life i would change ...

nopes its still too hard to come up with..
lemme get back to you all again.

[novakru]

Originally posted by Zero
novarku is one of the five people you meet in heaven . . . .


seriously - words to live by (wish you'd passed on these gems to me about ten years ago)

Wish someone had told them to me too.

And heaven isn't here tonight,
The devil and me are having a little pity party:D

[novakru]

Originally posted by stubbornforgey
damn straight too..
shes one of the few other females
whose postings are like poetry in motion..

'whisper'..did i say that right novak??
soz..i lost the piece of paper u wrote it all on..LOL...j.k ppls!!

mine i think would have to be...whew this
is hard..
if there was one thing in my life i would change ...

nopes its still too hard to come up with..
lemme get back to you all again.

wow stubborn,thank you very much.


*yeah,you pretty much got it right...the check's in the mail*

[MoonLit Meadow]

Originally posted by novakru
wow stubborn,thank you very much.


*yeah,you pretty much got it right...the check's in the mail*


LMAO ;)

It's true though. You're a sweetheart, and always have something wise/truthful to say. *slurps computer screen* bwahahhaha.

[ItsAlive75]

If I could slow time to a crawl I would. I hate thinking to myself, "Wow, an hour just isn't enough time to get this done." An HOUR! An hour's a long fuckin' time, and it just aint enough... And I'm not lookin' forward to getting out of college... and y'know, living life. Not yet.

[stubbornforgey]

and i mean every word..
i just found my regret..but then..its not a regret..


my 10 yr old likes this boy in her class..
now shes one of them tiny cute little creatures but for one thing..
she has a temper ..well apparently ..she lost it today in front of this boy who has
totally gone off her..
my baby is heart broken..


my biggest would be to never allow my children to be hurt in anyway..unrealistic as it honestly is..
if i could change just one thing in my life..
would be not to bring children into this world if i knew then what i know now..
but thats unrealistic too...

so ..shit...just gimmie time..i will think of something ..

[novakru]

Originally posted by MoonLit Meadow
LMAO ;)

It's true though. You're a sweetheart, and always have something wise/truthful to say. *slurps computer screen* bwahahhaha.

That's the first time I have been called wise (except for my mom,but jeez,she's my MOM)

My old VABCH friends would be laughing their asses off at that...but then again, they would be having heartattacks about the marriage and babies thing too:D

[stubbornforgey]

its amazing you said that Alive..
like having a hundred $$ note now...
it doesnt go very far..
scary thought actually..where does our time go n have we wasted it ..??
An hour used to be all it took for myself personally to have things in order but not anymore..i find em rushing to complete my work..

[novakru]

OH wow,I didn't even see IA's post!

You can always go on to a graduate program:D

[Marroe]

The past 7 years have flown by for me, I wish I could stop everything long enough for me to get on some kind of life track already. Being 22 and having to work full time since the age of 16 hasn't left me much time to figure out what I'm REALLY gonna do in life and where I need to be...If I could just take a fucking year off working I MIGHT be somewhere by now, haha.

Anyways, I think life does slow down again when you get old. My great-grandma said it starts to crawl with retirement, but my guess is she's just bored...maybe its just all got to do with how you live your life.

[stubbornforgey]

so true..
mebbe em getting old but lately em reminiscing about my youngun days..

[ItsAlive75]

Originally posted by novakru
OH wow,I didn't even see IA's post!

You can always go on to a graduate program:D

moneeeeyyyyyy...

[PR3SSUR3]

I suppose I could just ask some elderly people...but that seems a bit obnoxious

I would like to ask them what it feels like to have one foot in the grave.

[MoonLit Meadow]

Originally posted by PR3SSUR3
I would like to ask them what it feels like to have one foot in the grave.


I'll pretend that was meant in a sarcastic way, and not a mean one;)

[Inspector Abber]

The older you get the quicker time flies.

You're born, you go to school, learn to drve, start work, get married, have kids and then you die.

Nobody can tell you WHY though.

The title of this thread reminded me of Donnie Darko.

[stubbornforgey]

they have this advert
starting off by showing a baby walking along the beach along the line your just talking about..
ending up with an old lady watching
her grandchild walking along the beach..

pretty kewl ad..

but theres these 2 parts..
success is having sex at 20..
blah blah blah...
then it goes on to
success is still having sex at 60..

'seen that ad elvis'??