[r0s]

I think of this realization in my own life as The Moment of Panic. Wherein I suddenly realized time was passing.

I don't think you can see that, until you test your abilities, and see your own potential. Maybe that's why it took me thirty years to get there.

[h2s]

    > time was passing

This is an interesting alternative way of looking at it, yeah. I have said several times in the past that I basically live my whole life as if the "time running out" music from Mario was playing [1], but that's more about my impatience in everyday life than any wise long-term awareness of my own mortality.

[1] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pDzJC9R3HA