Why does it feel like time keeps speeding up? You’re not imagining it.
Your brain measures time by novelty. New moments stretch it but repetitive moments compress it. And these days, everything is compressed.
You scroll through hundreds of tiny moments a day, but your brain doesn’t store them as full memories. So whole days feel shorter. Add in nonstop notifications, fast news cycles, constant multitasking, your brain switches into “survival mode,” narrowing your focus and speeding up your sense of time.
But you can slow it down ,with novelty. Notice 3 new things today, on purpose. Break the pattern, on purpose. Even a single moment of awareness can stretch out a day. The choice is there. You just gotta take it.
