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time is going by faster as I get older

I've noticed that too, and it terrifies me.

I believe that's because you have more time behind you. If you're 5 years old a year is a fifth of your life. But if you're 50 it's a fiftieth so it seems a lot less.

What do you do?

What do you mean? For a living?

I'm grappling with this myself. It appears the answer is to always be doing new things.

"novel experiences seem to slow time perception down. Repetition of events seems to make them go faster." from "Why Time Flies As You Age" - http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/cutting-edge-leadership/...