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Why each year feels shorter as you age

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Proportional time theory states that your perception of duration mathematically collapses over time. When you are five years old, one single year represents an absolutely massive twenty percent of your entire recorded existence. At age fifty, a year shrinks down to a pathetic two percent. Your biological chronometer evaluates all passing time strictly against the size of its total existing archive.

Why each year feels shorter as you age
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