I remember being very aware at 16 of how the five years at secondary school had flown by in comparison to the 'lifetime' before that.
From then on, life has just kept accelerating at a horrendously fast rate.
Now I am in my 60s, and only today was listening to one of my sons bemoaning how unbelievably quickly the last 20 years have flown and how he can't quite believe that he is now in his 40s.
I didn't have the heart to tell him that the next 20 years will go far more quickly than he can possibly imagine!
My mum is in her 90s, and I'm sure she would tell me that for her, the last 20 years have gone even faster, and I can certainly believe to that - in fact, even to me, it feels that those years have gone even faster for her than they have for me. I remember her 60th birthday perfectly, and find it hard to believe that it was over 30 years ago!
In my mind, I feel no different from how I did 20 or even 30 years ago, but my body certainly keeps reminding me that i am no longer young. 😔