Dear Zijing,
Yesterday, your coworker sent you a message informing you that a celebration was held at the location for several work anniversaries, including yours. How time flies! At the end of the month, he will celebrate three years in this position.
Is it true that as we age, time seems to pass faster? I heard an explanation that might make sense: when you're 10 years old, one year represents 10% of your life. However, when you reach 30, a year only represents about 3% of your life, so you feel like time is speeding up. I thought about all those long, purposeless summer days you spent catching tadpoles in ponds and rewatching cartoons, believing the afternoon would never end. Now, each day slips away like sand falling through our fingers.
Maybe time has always passed at a constant speed, but it passes alongside a different you. To have youth is to allow yourself the luxury of wasting every minute and continuing to believe that tomorrow will dawn. As you age, your internal clock begins to tick louder, reminding you that you have one…
