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Thursday, January 08, 2026

Time Compression with Age

When I was a child, the days and years felt long.  I had all the time in the world to do what I needed to do. Even in college and early working years, I felt I had time to get everything done I wanted to get done.

Then I had children, and time seemed to pass faster.  It just seems like yesterday they were in diapers, toddlers and in preschool.  I had all the time in the world for them to grow up.   Now they are in college and junior high school.    I sometimes wonder where all the time went.

We were also extremely stretched for time getting them to activities up through high school.  We seemed busy all the time with the kids schedules.  Barely enough time to do our important items.

Nowadays, time seems to fly by each day before I get half or less of my to do list done for the day. Things that use to take me a couple hours to do when I was younger now take me a day.  As my FIL once told me, I'm not getting slower, time is getting faster.

IMHO, the peak time to maximize time for doing things in 40s to early 50s.   After that is a significant decline.  Of course, YMMV.

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This is not financial  nor time management advice. Please consult a professional advisor.

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