Why Does Time Seem to Speed Up as We Age?

Imagine time is like a pizza. When you are five years old, one year is like eating a huge slice of that pizza because it feels so long compared to your whole life. But when you are fifty, one year is just a tiny crumb left on the plate. It happens fast because you have eaten so much pizza already.

When you were a child, everything was new. Your first day of school, your first trip to the beach, learning to ride a bike. These new experiences are like colorful stickers on a blank page. They make days feel long and full of fun. But as an adult, most days look the same. You wake up, go to work, eat dinner, sleep. Because so many days blend together into one big gray block in your memory, it feels like time is rushing by.

So, time does not actually speed up. The clock ticks at the same rate for everyone. It just feels faster because you are getting used to things and making less new memories every day.