Pep Talk to Myself as I Get Older, and Time Goes Faster
Physical time goes at a constant pace. But subjective time — the time you sense and remember — is relative. To a two-year-old, one year is half of his life. To a fifty-year-old, one year is 2% of the life he has led. Hence, as you get older, time seems to go faster. And the present seen in the context of an ever-expanding past becomes more and more insignificant.
But you can choose to perceive time differently.
A novelist chooses the perspective from which to tell a story, and the success of the story depends on that choice. Similarly, you can choose the perspective from which to view your own life. If you wish, you can keep your focus on the near-term, the here-and-now, and the near future.
You should do what matters to you, and accomplish what you can, taking pride in it in the context of the present and the near future, not in terms of the distant past and the distant future.
You should do what you can do in the time allotted to you. That is your role in life. That’s where you may find the meaning of life.
