Why Does Time Seem to Speed Up as We Get Older?

Imagine you're on a fun roller coaster, it feels like it goes by in the blink of an eye. But if you've been on that same ride hundreds of times, it doesn't feel as exciting anymore, it seems faster! Time works kind of like that. When we are young, everything is new and exciting, so time feels slow. As we get older, life becomes more familiar, and time feels like it's moving quicker. It’s not really moving faster, our brain just processes things differently.

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  1. A child sees their first snowfall and remembers every detail, it feels like it lasted forever.
  2. An adult walks through the same snowfall, barely notices it, and thinks it was over in seconds.
  3. The same event feels different depending on how novel or familiar it is.

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