tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22093933.post2021761835081280641..comments2024-03-18T16:12:07.747-05:00Comments on Deric's MindBlog: Why does time speed up for older people?Deric Bowndshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16617204535017208765noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22093933.post-39107649599139300272019-06-10T18:36:57.847-05:002019-06-10T18:36:57.847-05:00niceniceWilliam Jessiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09323510149289387256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22093933.post-76857523535969260022013-07-25T11:37:07.954-05:002013-07-25T11:37:07.954-05:00As a young child in elementary school, I spent qui...As a young child in elementary school, I spent quite a lot of time in the "Behavior Improvement Room" - a room in which there was nothing to do but sit, nothing to look at but a wall and a countertop, and nothing to hear but my own breathing. An hour was the usual sentence for uncontrolled talking - my standard offense - and *BOY* was that a long time.<br /><br />Nowadays I commonly spend time meditating in silence; an experience not unlike the time I spent in the BIR, with the exception that time seems to fly remarkably fast. A few months ago, I decided to try estimating the duration of one of my meditation sessions. My guess was that I'd spent about 5 minutes settling in, and about 10 more minutes focused on the darkness behind my eyelids, but I was surprised to find that more than an hour had gone by!<br /><br />I believe the difference is boredom. Before I learned to meditate, I found that if I was stuck without something to focus on, I would quickly become bored, and time would strrrreeeeetch..... Now that I've learned to focus on my own little inner world, I find that I am rarely bored. As a result, situations like those that would have previously stretched out into infinity (cross-country airplane rides, long DMV lines, etc.) pass by quite quickly as I don't feel the unbearable boredom that used to accompany them.<br /><br />I wish I'd learned this as a kid. BIR was torture...Erikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00113019952074669440noreply@blogger.com