Why Each Year Of Your Life Feels Shorter (And What To Do About It)
Fellow Riskologist,
Have you noticed certain occasions cause you to stop and think about your past? Birthdays, anniversaries, new years and other significant events all bring on this kind of introspection.
And as you think about all the things that happened in your life since the last event, have you noticed they all start to blend together—that the things that happened a year or more ago still feel like they were just yesterday?
It’s the beginning of a brand new year, and people the world over—myself included—are thinking about the year behind them and making plans for the one ahead. But one big mistake so often made is to make a big goal or commit to a big risk that you won’t start until later.
There’s nothing inherently wrong with “later;” you have to prioritize your life and some things just don’t fit right now. But the older you get, the more troublesome doing something “later” becomes. It has to do with human psychology and how we experience the speed of time.
A year is always 365 days but, as you get older, each one becomes shorter and shorter. Here’s what I mean and what you can do about it.
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