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In Which I Muse on the Nature of Time
Posted by justme
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11:45 AM
Hi guys,
Have you ever noticed how time doesn't behave the way you want it to? When you're waiting for something, it slows waaaaay down, so that minutes feel like hours and a single day feels like an entire week. The same applies to meetings and classes - it feels like your brain is moving ten times faster than everything else, so that you come up with a million other things you *could* be doing... all in the first ten minutes. This leaves lots of time for your mind to bounce around like a kid on a road trip, constantly asking "are we there yet?!?!"
It's an incredibly frustrating concept, matched only by its twin - time speeding up when you're trying to avoid something. You know what I'm talking about. You're so totally focused on how much you don't want to do the thing you've been avoiding that it turns into tunnel vision, blocking out everything else that's happening around you. This makes it a heck of a lot harder to note the passing of time. The result? A sort of mental catapult that makes time pass so fast that you're at the "doomsday" before you know it. Of course, as soon as you get to that point, time (the sneaky bastard) slows right back down so that you can savour every second of whatever it is you've been putting off. Cruel, isn't it?
I have to say that I've been going through a lot of both of these phenomena lately. On one hand, I've been looking forward to getting my tattoos and going home for reading week, and it turns out they're 3 Very Long Weeks away. On the other hand, I start midterms (sort of) in less than a week even though it feels like I've had almost no class time. Why can't these events switch places, so that I can put off midterms (and have time to study for them) and fly home/get my tats right away? It's not fair! Someone needs to do something about this...
Ciao for now,
Me
P.S. Yes, I did change the blog template. I think it's less visually crowded and much easier to read than the old format. Thoughts, anyone?
Have you ever noticed how time doesn't behave the way you want it to? When you're waiting for something, it slows waaaaay down, so that minutes feel like hours and a single day feels like an entire week. The same applies to meetings and classes - it feels like your brain is moving ten times faster than everything else, so that you come up with a million other things you *could* be doing... all in the first ten minutes. This leaves lots of time for your mind to bounce around like a kid on a road trip, constantly asking "are we there yet?!?!"
It's an incredibly frustrating concept, matched only by its twin - time speeding up when you're trying to avoid something. You know what I'm talking about. You're so totally focused on how much you don't want to do the thing you've been avoiding that it turns into tunnel vision, blocking out everything else that's happening around you. This makes it a heck of a lot harder to note the passing of time. The result? A sort of mental catapult that makes time pass so fast that you're at the "doomsday" before you know it. Of course, as soon as you get to that point, time (the sneaky bastard) slows right back down so that you can savour every second of whatever it is you've been putting off. Cruel, isn't it?
I have to say that I've been going through a lot of both of these phenomena lately. On one hand, I've been looking forward to getting my tattoos and going home for reading week, and it turns out they're 3 Very Long Weeks away. On the other hand, I start midterms (sort of) in less than a week even though it feels like I've had almost no class time. Why can't these events switch places, so that I can put off midterms (and have time to study for them) and fly home/get my tats right away? It's not fair! Someone needs to do something about this...
Ciao for now,
Me
P.S. Yes, I did change the blog template. I think it's less visually crowded and much easier to read than the old format. Thoughts, anyone?
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