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In normal circumstances, the present and the past are always opposite speeds for me. If I've got nothing going on, the present takes forever, I'm bored. But on
by furyofantares 6y ago
In normal circumstances, the present and the past are always opposite speeds for me.
If I've got nothing going on, the present takes forever, I'm bored. But once a prolonged boredom is in the past, it feels like it was fast -- there's not much to remember.
If I'm super busy, the present goes by super quick. I never get bored and always have stuff to do. But if I look back at a prolonged period of busy time, it feels like it took a long time -- I have lots of stuff to remember.
- kaybe 6y agoAnd then there's intercontinental travel days. (I try to time them so I arrive around noon at the latest so I can get my bearings and make sure I can reach my accommodation safely no matter what and ideally explore a little.) At the end of a day like this the memory of having woken up to start that day at some point becomes very distant, like it happened ages ago. At the same time, the day doesn't fly by fast either. I think it helps to interact with the world that much and get out of my head. It reminds me of being a child a little, so many new things to discover and so many things that cannot be readily understood and still trusting that it'll be fine.