time

[boiston]

why when you get older does time seem to go by at a much faster pace?

[Scarlett]

I think this is because as a child, your time is mapped out for you very specifically! At school you have lessons every hour, lunchtime is full and busy cos you are always full of energy, and at home you do clubs, see friends, watch Blue Peter (!), have tea, play on computer, do homework, go to bed...Everyday is different, and you have so much more energy than you have when you get older. Also, you don't have to cook for yourself, or clean, or do mundane jobs. Life is a series of snapshots. It makes every day seem longer.

When you get older your days are all the same... Work is predictable. A week passes fast cos you are always thinking ahead- to deadlines, to appointments, to when the bills are due... People make demands on your time so everything is a rush, and one day merges into another, with nothing very exciting happening. When you are young, things seem more exciting as you learn and experience things for the first time.

So I think the moral is to NOT waste time cleaning, and get out there and have as many fun, new experiences as possible with the time you have left!! Make the most of it!

[newtron]

I think time is reative.  Think about it, when you are one year old, a day is 1/365th of your life, when you are 30 years old, 1 day is 1/10950th of your life.  I also think Scarlet has a point.  As we get older, we have more responsibilities things to do in a day, so it just feels  like time goes by faster. 

[smudge]

When I was teenager, my Mum used to say that after 21, life seems to fly by - how right she was! Still enjoying it though!

[jno]

you pick up speed as you go downhill, I'm afraid.

[Cockney_si]

"It always seems time went so fast when it's gone
but when you're waiting for something,It drags on and on" - You can't live your life in a day by Thunder

[Sasha13]

Apparently there is scientific evidence to support newtron's answer about time being relative to the length of your life so far.