▲ 200 ▼ What has been the biggest surprise about getting older? (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago by Bluetreefrog@lemmy.world [M] to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world 175 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] carbonprop@lemmy.ca 91 points 2 years ago (2 children) How fast time passes. Years pass very quickly now and the view of the end is approaching faster than I would like. permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] henfredemars@infosec.pub 67 points 2 years ago* (2 children) You didn't ask for advice, but please consider journaling or writing a personal blog. I find that the time passes faster because I have fewer novel experiences as I get older. If I put a dedicated effort into remembering what was unique about my recent days, it feels like I live more of them. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] 8BitRoadTrip@lemm.ee 24 points 2 years ago (1 child) Came here for the life pro tips, this is exactly what I was looking for! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ohlaph@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago You found it little buddy. permalink fedilink source parent [–] dingus@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago Yeah I'm guessing this has to be why time feels to pass faster. When you're growing, there are so many milestones and rapid changes from ages 0 to maybe 22. Beyond that, everything is the same until you die. That's an interesting way to make it longer. permalink fedilink source parent [–] deadcatbounce@reddthat.com 8 points 2 years ago (1 child) Each time period (week, year etc) is a smaller proportion of your life. Anything that happened when I was much younger can't be resolved easily to the nearest year, unless I can identify a specific immutable event like a specific birthday. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] datavoid@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) I've found making playlists based on music releases from each year helps with this.. for me I can almost immediately remember a year or time period just by hearing a song permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] deadcatbounce@reddthat.com 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Quite a few tracks - does one say that anymore? - I am convinced are 1980s are actually 1990s. I'm Gen X so I should be getting that distinction right! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] datavoid@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 years ago You can just use the songs you listened to most in a given year too. Assuming you're mainly listening to old music, my original suggestion probably won't work. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] henfredemars@infosec.pub 67 points 2 years ago* (2 children) You didn't ask for advice, but please consider journaling or writing a personal blog. I find that the time passes faster because I have fewer novel experiences as I get older. If I put a dedicated effort into remembering what was unique about my recent days, it feels like I live more of them. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] 8BitRoadTrip@lemm.ee 24 points 2 years ago (1 child) Came here for the life pro tips, this is exactly what I was looking for! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ohlaph@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago You found it little buddy. permalink fedilink source parent [–] dingus@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago Yeah I'm guessing this has to be why time feels to pass faster. When you're growing, there are so many milestones and rapid changes from ages 0 to maybe 22. Beyond that, everything is the same until you die. That's an interesting way to make it longer. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] 8BitRoadTrip@lemm.ee 24 points 2 years ago (1 child) Came here for the life pro tips, this is exactly what I was looking for! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ohlaph@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago You found it little buddy. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ohlaph@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago You found it little buddy. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dingus@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago Yeah I'm guessing this has to be why time feels to pass faster. When you're growing, there are so many milestones and rapid changes from ages 0 to maybe 22. Beyond that, everything is the same until you die. That's an interesting way to make it longer. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] deadcatbounce@reddthat.com 8 points 2 years ago (1 child) Each time period (week, year etc) is a smaller proportion of your life. Anything that happened when I was much younger can't be resolved easily to the nearest year, unless I can identify a specific immutable event like a specific birthday. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] datavoid@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) I've found making playlists based on music releases from each year helps with this.. for me I can almost immediately remember a year or time period just by hearing a song permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] deadcatbounce@reddthat.com 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Quite a few tracks - does one say that anymore? - I am convinced are 1980s are actually 1990s. I'm Gen X so I should be getting that distinction right! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] datavoid@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 years ago You can just use the songs you listened to most in a given year too. Assuming you're mainly listening to old music, my original suggestion probably won't work. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] datavoid@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) I've found making playlists based on music releases from each year helps with this.. for me I can almost immediately remember a year or time period just by hearing a song permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] deadcatbounce@reddthat.com 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Quite a few tracks - does one say that anymore? - I am convinced are 1980s are actually 1990s. I'm Gen X so I should be getting that distinction right! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] datavoid@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 years ago You can just use the songs you listened to most in a given year too. Assuming you're mainly listening to old music, my original suggestion probably won't work. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] deadcatbounce@reddthat.com 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Quite a few tracks - does one say that anymore? - I am convinced are 1980s are actually 1990s. I'm Gen X so I should be getting that distinction right! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] datavoid@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 years ago You can just use the songs you listened to most in a given year too. Assuming you're mainly listening to old music, my original suggestion probably won't work. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] datavoid@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 years ago You can just use the songs you listened to most in a given year too. Assuming you're mainly listening to old music, my original suggestion probably won't work. permalink fedilink source parent