For people in their 40's or older

[kingfish3]

how fast did going from 20 to 30 vs 30 to 40 vs 40 to 50 compare on how quick it passed by.

Seems like i was 18 about 5 years ago. I used to laugh at the guy on tv that was in his 40's and saying he is in the best shape of his life. I now know its a lifelong process

[Mr.Mom]

20-30 seemed much longer than 30-40

30-40 was like a flash in a pan....

[Mango7]

Agreed. 20-30 seemed like an eternity. 30-40 seemed long but nothing like 20-30. 40 is when time accelerates at a seemingly,alarmingly logarythmic(sp) rate.

One interesting note: it shocks me how fast the past 45 years have gone. Something you won't feel until you are in your 40's. For me, its like climbing a mountain and never really looking down until you are halfway up. You look around in disbelief at what is below (or past) you and the realization that life isn't forever like you felt when you were young.

Kurt

[stahlhart]

Years seem to get progressively shorter the older I get.

[hapkido]

I'm ok untill I tell someone I had no ac and a black and white tvSeems like I should of been in the civil war at times.

[stephenlouis]

For me 10 to 20 whipped by, 20 to 30 was long and pretty fun, 30 to 40 seemed to last about 10 years, and 40 on feels like I am looking down the worlds biggest slide!

[user178944]

the better you remember the faster things will feel went by, i have learned in psychology...so all answers are gonna pretty much bne the same on this..

[BuffedStuff]

Lets see wow this crazy upside down, wonderful, sometimes scary, kinda suprising at times, thing know as my life has been an awesome ride. What a roller coaster. An awesome series of moments. It goes fast really fast so hold on tight and have a blast. Heck have I really been around since the 1960's. In a way I am a classic and in another way I have just begun the last 50 years are going to be fantastic....fast but good ...

[LR3]

when i was one year old, a year was a lifetime in my eyes. so when i was two, that second year lasted what seemed a lifetime. when i was 3, that year seemed like half a lifetime from when i was two. then when i was 10, a year was 1/10th of a lifetime--so it seemed a lot shorter than the years between one and two, and two and three... at 20, a year is 1/20th of the lifetime that you've experienced... hence it should seem about half as long as a year did between when you were 10 and 11. from age 30 to 31, it would follow that that year would seem 1/3 that of the year from age 10 to 11. fast forward, to 40. from 40 to 41 flew by (****, and it won't be long until i am 42)--and when i hit 51, i am sure that year will have sped by even faster. when i hit 81, that year between 80 and 81 will seem a blink of an eye...

i've always thought that our perception of time is based on how long we have been here. a year at 100 would seem 1/10th a year at age 10. too bad it doesn't follow that i could run 10 times as fast at 100 as when i was 10...

that is how i make sense of the way that time blow by as we get older... and when we were younger, it seemed we had all time time in the world and a year seemed like such a long time. now it seems like just last week that i was doing my taxes, and guess what... it's gettining that time again. and on the contrary to time getting shorter, taxes seem to only increase as time goes on

[oldsuperman]

I will be 53 in less than two months. my best years were 20 to 30. It was a long time to get to 30, yet when it hit and I looked back it didn't seem that long. 40 to 50 was a blink. I plan in terms of years know as not being that far off! To speak in terms of twenty and thirty years ago seems odd.

[Baldsnake]

Time. Precious thing....time. As I race (and I mean race) towards the end of my time I guard it like a mother Tiger with an attitude. My grandfather lived 91 quality years and passed at 93. So that could be 25 years more for me. Hmmm.... If I added lets say just one little 'ol rep a year to my 25 lb. weighted 10 rep chins, at 91 that would be....

Speaking of time...gotta go now. It's 4:30AM Christmas morning and it's extended cardio/back day.

[Madfun]

I dunno.. I started becoming aware of my age at 30. From 30 to 40 was a flash. I am 41 now and I think my reluctance to grow old, just makes the years go by quicker.

Nothing you can do really, except make the time you got left enjoyable. And I for the most part, do exactly that.

[redweston]

I Always Refer To Time As A Hundred Years Ago, Cause If I Really Stop To Think How Long It's Been, SAY 20-30 Years , People Are Like How Old Are You?

[Crookshanks]

After you hit 40, 2 or 3 unscheduled blinks and 5 years are gone, or sneeze 4 or 5 times and sea a decade pass.
Be afraid, be very afraid.

[Plato458]

One interesting note: it shocks me how fast the past 45 years have gone. Something you won't feel until you are in your 40's. For me, its like climbing a mountain and never really looking down until you are halfway up. You look around in disbelief at what is below (or past) you and the realization that life isn't forever like you felt when you were young.

Kurt

Spot on - all of a sudden everything I seem to refer to in the past was 20 years ago WTF ?

And I constantly refer to stuff that people in their 20-30s have NO IDEA what I'm talking about. In Misc the other day, there was a post about Raquel Welch and someone said they'd never heard of her until seeing her poster in the Shawshank Redemption.

I almost cried, I saw 1m Years BC at the cinema. ARGH.

Cheerio
Px

[PhoenixBuff]

I'll be 40 this summer and I can tell you it seems like just yesterday I was 30. Time goes quicker as you get older - at least it seems that way for me.

[back2it]

20 to 30 seemed much longer than 30-40 and 40-50 . I remember dreading hitting 30 and feeling old about for a few months before my birthday. When I got to 40 I was so busy I barely noticed . 50 was a little tougher but nothing like hitting 30 . I plan on 50-60 being the best decade yet and to accomplish that I am staying in shape, eating clean ,working less and driving my racecar and snowmobile[my hobbies] more.I love going fast I just wish I could slow the clock down a bit.

[Tyrbolift]

I agree with the decades seemingly longer at younger ages, but 40-50 seems like it leveled off and now each year goes by about the same.

[joeohlandt]

When I was 20 I thought I would live forever,
Now I look back and think I did.....

Time flies at a constant speed,
your just more aware of it's speed as you get older.

[Mango7]

Thanks for all your replies!

I just returned from Rome last night. Its amazing to think of the civilizations that were there 2,800 years ago (and beyond). Our individual lifetimes are nothing compared to modern man's vast history on earth. Makes you really wonder why we're here.

One conclusion I've drawn since I've been back is that our time is really very short here. I have vowed to be more physically/mentally active in my life instead of spending too much time on the internet. I was away for a week and I didn't miss it at all! I really have pissed away 7 years of time on the internet that i should have been using to build my body and mind, and spending it with the special people in my life (you guys are special too! I hope everyone has a healthy and productive year and get the things that you aspire for.

All the best,

Kurt

[bodyhard]

To me for what I can remember 15-21 took forever! I wanted to be 21 so bad and it took forever, 21-30 flew by 30-40 was in a blink of an eye I can just imagine what 42 to 50 will be!

[tattoed]

I was just a kid until I got to about 40, I really did wonder when I would be considered a man even though I was a single dad of two girls and a boy. There was never enough time in a day to do all I wanted to get done.
After that and particularly the last few years go by like months. I often say “last week when...” and someone will remind me that was 6 months ago.
Definitely, as I grow older, the years fly by faster. I’ve had a great life and I continue to even with some pretty severe ups and downs. On we march, sometimes wishing it was a little slower. LOL

[IdahoViking]

All that I know is that the face that greets me in the mirror every morning is a lot older than the way I feel.

[paul123089]

I joined the Navy when I was 19 and next thing I knew I was 39 and retiring. It seemed like the time flew by from 30 to 39. Hopefully it will slow done from 40 to 50. HAHA

[bellaone1965]

Lets see wow this crazy upside down, wonderful, sometimes scary, kinda suprising at times, thing know as my life has been an awesome ride. What a roller coaster. An awesome series of moments. It goes fast really fast so hold on tight and have a blast. Heck have I really been around since the 1960's. In a way I am a classic and in another way I have just begun the last 50 years are going to be fantastic....fast but good ...

Your so right it flys .. I a can remember my dad telling me when i was 20 just think in 20 yrs. you'll be my age 40 n he would laugh n here i'm 41 n loving every min. of it !! He's still laughing because he's now 62... it's Awesome !
Life is our gift a beautiful journey .. i hold on n just enjoy the ride loving the moments! you look great keep it going girl.. All the best =) Bella

[dbx]

I've always thought that our perception of time is based on how long we have been here

I agree that our age has a great deal to do with it.

I just returned from Rome last night. Its amazing to think of the civilizations that were there 2,800 years ago (and beyond). Our individual lifetimes are nothing compared to modern man's vast history on earth.

I suspect that many of us are awestruck in the same way when we stand in the presence of history like that. When you walk around the U.S., you may stop and think, "Gosh, to think that building has been here since the Civil War!". In Europe, you stop and say, "Damn, someone made this beautiful structure two thousand years ago!"

Like in the movie Patton, when George C. Scott is admiring the ancient ruins and can hear the voices from the past.....I get that same kind of feel in places like that. And it is this kind of awe and history that reminds me of how fleeting life really is.

[bellaone1965]

I will be 53 in less than two months. my best years were 20 to 30. It was a long time to get to 30, yet when it hit and I looked back it didn't seem that long. 40 to 50 was a blink. I plan in terms of years know as not being that far off! To speak in terms of twenty and thirty years ago seems odd.

Oldsuperman hey! your right about that in a blink ur looking back saying..where did the time go u see what happens when ur loving life ..lol..I look @ myself n say wow I'm a mother of 4 I have a daughter in collage , freshmen,n Jr. in high school n one in 5th grade.. it blows me away .. I'm loving it to watch my kids grow into themslves is a beautiful thing!! It's only a number ! I still can't believe ur age!Hold on oldsuperman ur in for a great ride enjoy!! You look exceptional !! God Bless All Lifes best to you..Bella

[IdahoViking]

It seems like in the blink of an eye I went from being a new parent to a grand-parent (5 times over!).

[ltrik]

And then-BAM! I was 40......

But I have enjoyed the quality of my life as I have aged. Maturity has brought sense of calmness; I worry less and enjoy more.

[Forge3]

I'm 43 chronologically but I don't feel like it. And I have maintained a childlike (not childish) spirit in my life. I see the years peeling away faster then from my youth but there is a lot more going on in my life now so that's alright.