It's not just your imagination: time really does move faster as we get older. Research shows that, from middle age onwards, we steadily fall behind the clock. For a senior citizen, half an hour zips by in fifteen minutes, so actual clock time seems to be moving faster and faster. This sense of vanishing time is made all the sharper by the beginning of Daylight Saving Time. A whole hour evaporates in a flash, although it seems like only the day before yesterday when you set the clocks back for winter. This twice-a-year resetting of the clocks is a great waste of time in itself, especially since clocks and watches became so complicated. It used to be so easy. Wristwatches could be changed by pulling out the winder button and twirling the hands into position. But now, resetting the time requires a degree from MIT, as well as an uncommon degree of physical dexterity. Daylight Savings Time puts a strain on our closest relationships. Morning people love it because it gives them an excuse to
It's not just your imagination: time really does move faster as we get older. Research shows that, from middle age onwards, we steadily fall behind the clock. For a senior citizen, half an hour zips by in fifteen minutes, so actual clock time seems to be moving faster and faster. This sense of vanishing time is made all the sharper by the beginning of Daylight Saving Time. A whole hour evaporates in a flash, although it seems like only the day before yesterday when you set the clocks back for