Does life really seem to go by faster after you pass the age of 30?

Question

I've heard people say that. I'm not 30 yet, so I don't know.

Answer 1

You betcha! All I can remember is a birthday here, a graduation there, a birth, a couple of funerals, the day I bought my car....little ceremonies of life and poof...where did the time go?

What I found really shocking was having a young female co-worker getting engaged, getting married, then come in pregnant, then the delivery and showing of the child to everyone. From there it was seeing the child 4 or 5 times as a toddler. Next the kid was entering school and THEN he shows up sporting a beard and tells me ...in a deep voice... he is graduating from high school! THAT'S when you realize how fast time flies. It is a real shocker.

Answer 2

It seems this way, maybe because most of those who have children see them growing older, a cause for reflection on life, what we have done or accomplished. Looking back it seemed to go by so fast, life may become busier and not as much time to do things like vacation, again making time seem to be slipping away, then there is the actual age shock, holy cow, Im 34 or 37 and 40 isn't far away, how did this happen. 40 becomes 45 then 50, but you know.....life after 30 or 40 is not as bad as it seems, there are a lot of benefits and I am sure most of us would like to be 25 again, but only with the knowledge and experience we have now.

Enjoy every moment as you cross it in your age travels, because it never comes again.

Answer 3

YES.... it does seem to go faster. I turned 50 this past July and I think time/life goes by faster because I am much busier now than I ever have been and don't get a chance to watch the clock. Just remember... even though it seems to go by faster, the quality is greater also.

Answer 4

When you are young you want to grow older faster so that you can do the things that adult can do. Time seems to move so slowly.

When you are (25 - 35) you want to stay at this age because this is the time where you enjoy the most freedom. Ahh, time seems to move so fast.

When you are old, you don't want to age but time now seems to fly.

Yes it really does seems so....

Answer 5

Its relative.

Lets say you are five years old and its June and you're waiting for christmas, 6 months to you at that age is the equivelant of a whopping 10% of your life.

Now lets say you're thirty, and your waiting six months for your vacation, this amount of time is less than 2% of your total life experience and so seems to go by quicker.

Answer 6

If people are busy making their career footmarks and planning for all the things they wish to possess,its sure the time for marriage, bearing childs, building, savings and a lot and somtimes yes as the major community lie in this middle-higher group to meet am not talking about rich and famous as their passion lies on higher wants

Answer 7

Not really...looking back, it seems that the first 29 years seems faster. Time passes fast when you are having fun. It strolls very slowly if you are suffering or in agony. So, choose how fast you like to time to pass....

Answer 8

Yes for sure! My life seems to be flying by quicker than ever and I am only 24. Thinking back to school days the weeks seemed to last forever!

Answer 9

30 ha my life has passed by so fast since i hit 20 it s not funny but perhaps being a parent at 15 has done that to me

Answer 10

I think life starts going faster once you have children. Your time is so consumed by them (and everything else) every minute, that it flies by. There's only a fraction of the liesure time you had before, and when you're busy, time passes quickly. It's sad really.