Howeird's Theory of Relativity

[howeird]

A lot of people are posting "where did the year go?" and "where did my life go?" messages both here and in email.

I would like to tell you the answer to that. It's something I have posted before, but it seems more pertinent toward the end of the year.

Howeird' Theory of Relativity

Where the time goes:

When you are 1 year old, a year is 100% of your life. Time goes slowly because you have to live the entire length of your life again to reach 2 years old.

When you are 10 years old, a year is 10% of your life. Time goes 10 times more quickly than when you were 1, because you only have to live 1/10 of the length of your life again to reach 11 years old.

When you are 50 years old, a year is 2% of your life. Time goes 50 times more quickly than when you were 1, because you only have to live 1/50 of the length of your life again to reach 51 years old.

It's even more impressive when you put it in days.

Age	Days lived	1 day=?% of your life
10	3650	0.0274
20	7300	0.0137
30	10950	0.0091
40	14600	0.0068

So you wonder why life seems to be passing by more quickly? Because it is.

Comments

[lisa-marli.livejournal.com]

Which is why I stay at 42. At least it doesn't get any worse. :)