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Sometimes I wonder if that's why time seems to go faster the older you get.
There are two reasons. One has to do with how the brain processes information, the other has to do with math.
1) Your brain pays more attention and devotes more energy and concentration to new experiences than familiar ones. When you're an infant and a toddler, almost everything you experience is new and exciting. As you grow older, the number of novel experiences diminishes rapidly, to the point that many of your days are probably entirely driven by habits and routine. Such days don't register very strongly in your memory, and when you look back at the last 6 months, they probably seem like they flew by, because you have so few memories to look back on from them. You want to feel like life moves slower? Do something new and exciting as often as you can.
2) As for the mathematical explanation, look at it this way: When you turn 4, that previous year was 1/4 of your whole life experience. That's quite a large part of your life. When you turn 20, however, that previous year was only 1/20 of your life experience. That's nowhere near as much, and thus it doesn't feel as long/large/important.
As for what makes me feel nostalgic? Music tends to be the strongest trigger for me. I associate various kinds of music with various periods in my life. Video game music included. I had a strong bout of nostalgia when I came across a YouTuber who made remixes of my most cherished childhood game, Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles. If you were as big a fan of that game as I was, just try to give this a listen and not get the feels.
There are two reasons. One has to do with how the brain processes information, the other has to do with math.
1) Your brain pays more attention and devotes more energy and concentration to new experiences than familiar ones. When you're an infant and a toddler, almost everything you experience is new and exciting. As you grow older, the number of novel experiences diminishes rapidly, to the point that many of your days are probably entirely driven by habits and routine. Such days don't register very strongly in your memory, and when you look back at the last 6 months, they probably seem like they flew by, because you have so few memories to look back on from them. You want to feel like life moves slower? Do something new and exciting as often as you can.
2) As for the mathematical explanation, look at it this way: When you turn 4, that previous year was 1/4 of your whole life experience. That's quite a large part of your life. When you turn 20, however, that previous year was only 1/20 of your life experience. That's nowhere near as much, and thus it doesn't feel as long/large/important.
As for what makes me feel nostalgic? Music tends to be the strongest trigger for me. I associate various kinds of music with various periods in my life. Video game music included. I had a strong bout of nostalgia when I came across a YouTuber who made remixes of my most cherished childhood game, Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles. If you were as big a fan of that game as I was, just try to give this a listen and not get the feels.
