Resisting the Speeding Up of Time
However, there are certain things we can do to resist the process of time speeding up. The most obvious is to keep introducing newness into our lives – for example, by traveling to new places, learning new hobbies, and meeting new people.
Alternately - and perhaps more effectively – we can also slow down time by living mindfully, paying conscious attention to our day-to-day experiences of seeing, hearing, feeling and so on.
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What is it that determines our experience of time? Why does time seem to speed up in some situations and to slow down in others?
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