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Today I wanted to talk a little about that mysterious mechanism, that sand in the hourglass, TIME. 

When you were five years old an hour was eternity. Your experience of time was completely different because you had few memories and little experience. To you at that time a year was a *fifth of your entire existence*. An amount of time that was probably difficult if not impossible for you to imagine. 

Now, at whatever age you're at now (I'll assume it's not five if you're reading this) a year is a significantly smaller portion of your life. You have more experience and memories under your belt, and you have a better sense of time passing. For that reason, **time is beginning to pass faster for you**. As you head towards your future time will begin to pass even faster. At fifty a decade is a fifth of your life, *much like the five year old*. At ninety it's closer to a tenth of your life. Imagine feeling like about whole decades the way you currently feel about a year. 

I say all this so that I can properly communicate the following. 

A lot of people (myself included) have wasted a **lot** of time pining for the days of yesteryear or looking to the days that don't yet exist, the time that they're fighting to get to in the future (although especially the former as we have concrete memories of it). We think: "Ah, those were the good ole days when possibilities and opportunities abounded. I wish I had done things differently. Or being unable to, that I could at least go back and experience them again."

Then, when we get to a different time, we begin pining for the time we missed out on.... because we were too busy pining for another time. Now I want to say quickly before I move on that I am no supporter of complacency. We must be able to decide what we want and to fight for those things. But I think also that we need to occasionally take time to appreciate our current spot in our journey as much as possible. As hard as it can be to believe, there will likely be a time when we look back on this time fondly. In other words unequivocally, assuredly, and without a doubt:

## These are the good old days. 

You might think: "Ah, but I was so young back then!" You're young now. At least, compared to your older self looking back. Do that version of yourself a favor and give them memories worth looking back on. You might think: "But I had so many missed opportunities back then!" The opportunities you should be thinking about are the ones that exist **right now**, today. If you keep thinking about the ones in the past, you'll miss them. You might think: "Things were so much better back then!" They weren't. That is your memory romanticizing. Humans are famous for this. One day you'll romanticize your current circumstances, even if you don't yearn for them. 

So now and then look around and really take in yourself, your life, the world, and your circumstances. After all, opportunities are likely right there in front of you hidden in plain sight just within reach. It's like I said (and it does bear repeating): These are the good old days. Make sure they're the best you can make them. 

My video is at [DLive](https://dlive.io/video/jenkinrocket/b7e005f0-497a-11e8-aa5b-83da28bb4ae3)