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Life flies by. Old people discussion.
Posted on 4/4/17 at 10:07 am
Posted on 4/4/17 at 10:07 am
We all talk about it. "The days are long but the years are short". Any number of sayings.
I feel in the middle of that right now. Each day is the same. This year has been jarring for me. It's damned April already. What do you guys do to "slow it down"? I mean appreciate time and be involved in time?
Inb4 alcohol and weed and drugs. Can't be bombed everyday, and have to pee clean, so no weed. Not that I'd want to be stoned around my kid anyway.
What do you guys do to slow life down?
I expect some mockery and downvotes, but I expect a real answer or two. It is part of the human condition that we all must experience.
For instance. College, especially the two first years feel like they are a lifetime ago but also felt like they lasted forever. That was only 2-3 years. It's equivalent to when my son was in daycare. That seems like it just happened. When driving around the church he had daycare I still feel like I should turn into their drop off.
A lot of cheesy topics and cliches can be used about time flying and being in the moment. I think about it, but recently found out a buddy has cancer. He is the type and the cancer is the type that he will not be long for the earth. His divorce seems like "the other day".
Btw. I am 44 years old.
Discuss and downvote.
I feel in the middle of that right now. Each day is the same. This year has been jarring for me. It's damned April already. What do you guys do to "slow it down"? I mean appreciate time and be involved in time?
Inb4 alcohol and weed and drugs. Can't be bombed everyday, and have to pee clean, so no weed. Not that I'd want to be stoned around my kid anyway.
What do you guys do to slow life down?
I expect some mockery and downvotes, but I expect a real answer or two. It is part of the human condition that we all must experience.
For instance. College, especially the two first years feel like they are a lifetime ago but also felt like they lasted forever. That was only 2-3 years. It's equivalent to when my son was in daycare. That seems like it just happened. When driving around the church he had daycare I still feel like I should turn into their drop off.
A lot of cheesy topics and cliches can be used about time flying and being in the moment. I think about it, but recently found out a buddy has cancer. He is the type and the cancer is the type that he will not be long for the earth. His divorce seems like "the other day".
Btw. I am 44 years old.
Discuss and downvote.
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Posted on 4/4/17 at 10:11 am to LSU alum wannabe
You can't slow it down man. Just enjoy it while you can and make the most of your days and experiences. There's a reason they say no one makes it out alive.
Posted on 4/4/17 at 10:12 am to LSU alum wannabe
pick up some hobbies. connect with old friends....life does go by quick.
Posted on 4/4/17 at 10:13 am to LSU alum wannabe
Maybe time flies for older people because their memory gets shorter, thus the perception of time is that it is flying by.
Posted on 4/4/17 at 10:13 am to LSU alum wannabe
Time waits for no man.
Posted on 4/4/17 at 10:14 am to LSU alum wannabe
I think having kids sets it in fast forward. Can't stop it.
Posted on 4/4/17 at 10:14 am to LSU alum wannabe
Man, I'm 41 and can TOTALLY relate. It's like the first 20 or so years took forever, and the next 21 flew by...and still are. I'm trying to figure out the magical solution of slowing "life" down as well. Any others experiencing this please share...
Posted on 4/4/17 at 10:15 am to LSU alum wannabe
Time is our most precious commodity. That's why I always try to do something constructive with my time like reading the OT.
Posted on 4/4/17 at 10:16 am to dbeck
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That's why I always try to do something constructive with my time like reading the OT.
Posted on 4/4/17 at 10:18 am to LSU alum wannabe
You are right. It does fly by. When I was young, my grandparents seemed "ancient" when they were in their late 40s. Now I'm turning 40 next month. Looking back, my grandparents weren't that old.
Posted on 4/4/17 at 10:19 am to LSU alum wannabe
I don't. Not that I don't feel what you're describing...I do. It's just that the clock moves at the same pace regardless of what I'm doing.
I try...with varying degrees of effectiveness...to enjoy the process of doing things more than I used to rather than impatiently waiting for whatever the outcome is supposed to be.
I'm 46 and will be 47 this June. I've been happily married for 21 years and have two boys, 14 and nearly 10. It seems like both yesterday and forever ago since I met my wife...and the same for the birth of both boys. And yet, that does not alter the fact that my eldest is nearly the same age as I was when I moved out to start college and essentially never lived at home again. He was a BABY yesterday it seems.
So...for instance...I just booked a trip to northern Arizona for next Easter. Grand Canyon, Meteor Crater, etc. We're all really looking forward to it...but I made a special point of telling my wife and boys that as much as we are, it's a YEAR away. We can plan for it, but there's a ton of things that we're going to be doing between now and then...so don't focus on the trip but today, and tomorrow, etc. That way we don't lose a year waiting for a trip that, while awesome hopefully, will still only last a week.
Other than that, I try and stay in shape to make it to the fricking singularity so that I'm healthy enough to benefit from some kind of live forever pill!
I try...with varying degrees of effectiveness...to enjoy the process of doing things more than I used to rather than impatiently waiting for whatever the outcome is supposed to be.
I'm 46 and will be 47 this June. I've been happily married for 21 years and have two boys, 14 and nearly 10. It seems like both yesterday and forever ago since I met my wife...and the same for the birth of both boys. And yet, that does not alter the fact that my eldest is nearly the same age as I was when I moved out to start college and essentially never lived at home again. He was a BABY yesterday it seems.
So...for instance...I just booked a trip to northern Arizona for next Easter. Grand Canyon, Meteor Crater, etc. We're all really looking forward to it...but I made a special point of telling my wife and boys that as much as we are, it's a YEAR away. We can plan for it, but there's a ton of things that we're going to be doing between now and then...so don't focus on the trip but today, and tomorrow, etc. That way we don't lose a year waiting for a trip that, while awesome hopefully, will still only last a week.
Other than that, I try and stay in shape to make it to the fricking singularity so that I'm healthy enough to benefit from some kind of live forever pill!
Posted on 4/4/17 at 10:19 am to TheBaker
To a 10 year old 5 years is half your life
To a 20 year old 5 years is one fourth of your life
To a 50 year old 5 years is one tenth of your life.
So by perception 5 years seem to fly by as you get older
To a 20 year old 5 years is one fourth of your life
To a 50 year old 5 years is one tenth of your life.
So by perception 5 years seem to fly by as you get older
This post was edited on 4/4/17 at 6:24 pm
Posted on 4/4/17 at 10:20 am to LSU alum wannabe
I'm 57 and like I keep telling my son, 3 weeks ago I was in high school......that's how fast time goes by.
Posted on 4/4/17 at 10:21 am to LSU alum wannabe
Live in the now, great book by Eckart Tolle about the power of now. We so often consume our minds with past thoughts and future obligations, we neglect to take time to truly appreciate the present. Try meditating more and focusing more on what is happening now. Smell the air, feel the touch, savor the taste of wine and every bite you eat, listen to the birds chirp and the water run. Take time to truly appreciate each present moment.
Maintain Balance, treat others as they would like to be treated for we are all connected and realize the process of the self actualization by achieving ones goals all the while enjoying the journey along the way. Never stop growing, believing, learning , dreaming or loving for anything is possible.
Maintain Balance, treat others as they would like to be treated for we are all connected and realize the process of the self actualization by achieving ones goals all the while enjoying the journey along the way. Never stop growing, believing, learning , dreaming or loving for anything is possible.
Posted on 4/4/17 at 10:23 am to TheBaker
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It's like the first 20 or so years took forever, and the next 21 flew by...and still are. I'm trying to figure out the magical solution of slowing "life" down as well.
Part of that is actually the different way we perceive time as we get older. As you get older, you really do feel time going faster as compared to when you were younger. I've seen this done as an experiment where older folks were asked to count to 60 trying to do it in one minute and kids were asked to do the same. Inevitably, the older people counted faster than the minute and kids slower.
Remember how fricking long it took for Christmas to just get here already? It's April 4th already!!!!! Christmas was yesterday it seems.
Posted on 4/4/17 at 10:25 am to LSU alum wannabe
I feel your pain man. I used to exhaust myself spending every free minute playing with my kids and hanging with the wife and I've gotten away from that in the last couple of years as I've focused more on the career.
By the end of this year, I'll have course corrected back to the wife and kids.
Regret is a motherfricker and I plan on having as little as possible down the road.
By the end of this year, I'll have course corrected back to the wife and kids.
Regret is a motherfricker and I plan on having as little as possible down the road.
Posted on 4/4/17 at 10:26 am to LSU alum wannabe
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Old people discussion.
Posted on 4/4/17 at 10:28 am to LSU alum wannabe
Life is shitty no matter what speed it goes at. Just hope you can make it out before the meaningless of it all has too much time to sink in.
Posted on 4/4/17 at 10:28 am to LSU alum wannabe
You cannot slow it down, sadly. The older you get, the faster it flies.
I see a great big ole red flag in your posting. It is called midlife crisis. Take it from someone who got stupid at that time of life and have regretted it ever since. DO NOT go flying off and do anything stupid. You cannot run from yourself, but you can sure as hell run yourself into a whole lot of trouble.
I see a great big ole red flag in your posting. It is called midlife crisis. Take it from someone who got stupid at that time of life and have regretted it ever since. DO NOT go flying off and do anything stupid. You cannot run from yourself, but you can sure as hell run yourself into a whole lot of trouble.
Posted on 4/4/17 at 10:30 am to LSU alum wannabe
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It's damned April already. What do you guys do to "slow it down"? I mean appreciate time and be involved in time?
I think it is sometimes outside of your control - a couple of years back (2014 or 2015) I had a fantastic summer - seemed to last forever. I remember thinking, kind of goofily, at the end of it - "Good times really make things good." But, with the grandbaby and big changes going on at Casa De La Medianoche here lately, things can fly past you if you aren't paying attention.
I do think journaling good times (and even bad times) allow you to put a pin in certain things. I just can't get back into the habit. I really need to.
This post was edited on 4/4/17 at 10:31 am
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