August 16, 2004
Some Thought over Time
Time is a interesting subject. Measuring time is especially interesting. A watch tell little about time. The same one hour is sometimes short but sometimes very long depending on situations. As a matter of fact, many JAIMS students say that they feel the same amount of time differently in JAIMS and in internship from their previous careers.
I am one of them. In my case, speed of time became slower. Total period of full JAIMS program is six months. In the past, six months were merely a flashing time. I sometimes found that six months had passed without even knowing it. In such times, I felt the day six months ago like yesterday. But now, I recall the Monday of five months ago, exactly my first day in JAIMS, as if it were five years ago. Experiences in Hawaii and San Francisco separate today and that day clearly.
I believed that the speed of time could become faster, but never become slower. Time passed very slowly when I was five years old. But as I got older, time increased its speed. I remember what my grandmother used to say, “Oh my god, my time is now flying like a bullet train.” How true it would be for her.
However, it seems that I slowed down my time. But how? I sense the key is new experiences. For example, I got new experiences in New York this weekend. And my weekend was long. So how about this hypothesis?: Length of subjective time is in proportion to the number of new experiences. If this is true, you can increase your life span by doing something new.
Posted by hfuruichi at August 16, 2004 08:55 PM