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by balaji1 849 days ago
> It makes life feel short, fleeting and mundane

I read somewhere else that time speeds up when we repeat a few boring/not-so-stressful things each day.

> reviewing old entries provides a feeling of history that makes life feel soooo long and so rich

I want to agree with it. The more I take on and do, however imperfectly and which involves a bit more stress, it starts to slow down time. At least in the sense that you look back at the previous year and think "wow that was a lot and it seems like so long ago" when it actually wasn't that long ago.

> It makes life feel short, fleeting and mundane

In fact, the key might be to journal more of the mundane things. Like how many times I had to get on a call with the background verification company to speed up my move to the new company.

and from OP article,

> Surprising information comes in droves every single day, so the brain simply paid a lot of attention

how come all the new/surprising info from shorts/reels/tiktok not have a effect of slowing down time haha?