This passage was adapted from
Why Time Flies as We Grow Old by Susan A. Smith. "Psychology Today",
May/June 2004.
The days seem
to pass more quickly as we grow older. That is because everyday routines put our
brains in a kind of autopilot mode, a state in which we do things without paying much heed.
It might seem counterintuitive, but the truth is that "routine is a form of inactivity,"
says Dina Avni-Babad, a psychologist at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. We rarely remember
routine actions, whereas new experiences leave more lasting impressions in our memories.
Such non-routine experiences arouse our interests and enhance our awareness of ourselves
and the world around us. They enable us to take notice and to experience the passage of
time differently than we do otherwise. Unfortunately though, we encounter fewer
new experiences as we age.
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