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The `Make the world sparkle again` episode of the podcast Hidden Brain podcast (https://hiddenbrain.org/podcast/making-the-world-sparkle-aga...) talks about the same topic. They interview Tail Sharot a neuroscientist and author of the ` Look Again: The Power of Noticing What Was Always There` book.

Similar advice, learn new things, take smaller (3 dayish) but more frequent vacation instead of longer ones, change your environment.

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Chronic stress (or cortisol?) also seems a factor in the perception of time, and so does stimulants.

Saw just moments a go a thread on the subreddit for cutting down caffeine people observing that time seems to pass slower[1]. It's one of several[2][3]. There are also scientific studies to the effect[4] Having recently cut down myself, I share the observation.

[1] https://www.reddit.com/r/decaf/comments/1eo95yk/days_are_slo...

[2] https://www.reddit.com/r/decaf/comments/ya8yvn/does_caffeine...

[3] https://www.reddit.com/r/decaf/comments/wawfx5/how_does_quit...

[4] Arushanyan, E.B., Baida, O.A., Mastyagin, S.S. et al. Influence of Caffeine on the Subjective Perception of Time by Healthy Subjects in Dependence on Various Factors. Human Physiology 29, 433–436 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1024973305920

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