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The Older I Get, the Longer the Years
Hey wait, doesn’t time seem to go by faster the older you are
Crow’s Feet prompt #48 New Year’s experience
Almost every damn senior I’ve talked to over the past few years thinks the older they get, the faster time goes. Maybe it seems that way to most but I’m here to prove them wrong with this article.
I’ve changed many a mind with my logic.
Age Measured In Time Celebrating New Years
There are normal standards by which humans are able to put their lives in proper chronological prospective. Sixty seconds to a minute, sixty minutes to an hour, twenty four hours in a day, three hundred and sixty five days in a year (leap year adds another); you know all that stuff, I could go on and on…
There’s one form of measurement, however, that many of us overlook in registering time on this earth:
The extension of the passing years as reflected in our New Year’s celebrations.
Preposterous? Please, hear me out.
New Year’s Celebration According To Age
As a kid, you teased the baby sitter to let you stay up until at least 12:00. Having successfully achieved permission (with vows not to tell your parents) you’d bang on some of…
