How many of you reading this feel that time is going faster and faster? This has puzzled me for the last few years.
I cannot believe that we are now into the second half of the year, and very soon some will be making the countdown to Christmas.
I used to think that it was just me, as I tend to keep busy, but it seems that everyone is noticing it, including young people and children?
Even during lockdown, which to many was a prison sentence, the time didn`t drag as much as one would have thought.
One minute it is Monday, then in a blink it is Friday. The months are the same, the first and then the last day.
No one can come up with an explanation, and it is not widely debated.
We talk about changes in climate, and environment on land and sea, but rarely about the speed of time.
Most people lead life at a fast pace which is one theory, but even the housebound and people with time on their hands comment on it.
At one time, school summer holidays went on for ever. No one questioned them. Now the children say how quickly they are going in.
Looking it up on Google, it is mainly the same answer, which is the older one becomes, the faster time passes.
However, there are a number of scientific comments which suggest the world is spinning a bit faster, although the reason is unknown, but may be linked to general changes in the environment.
There are also other signs, such as trees and plants, which seem to be blooming at different times.
It may be purely coincidence and is usually put down to climate change, but they do seem to be having to alter their normal cycle.
It is difficult to tell how animals cope, but they are always very perceptive and generally away ahead of humans when it comes to environmental changes and evolution.
I suppose we will have to put it down to one of life`s mysteries, of which there are many, and just accept that time is indeed racing past! It is up to us to make the best use of it and pay attention to the important things in life which tend to get overlooked in the grand speed of life.
