Every summer starts out with a whirlwind of possibilities and an endless bucket list of fun. One day you're starting the first day of your internship, another day you're grabbing brunch with friends recapping on the semester, you soak up the sun at the beach and then, before you know it, we all ask ourselves, "Where did this summer even go?"

Whether you spent the summer traveling the world, parading around music festivals, working hard from 9-to-5 or going on a Netflix binge, time seems to pass by too quickly. My TimeHop app usually reminds how fast time flies each year and how far away those middle school "like for a truth is" statuses are left behind in another time.

As each year passes by, we all feel a little bit older and wiser, but does time actually go by faster?

I asked my 6-year-old brother how long has the summer felt. He simply laughed, "It's only starting." I on the other hand can't seem to grasp that the summer is officially nearing its end with another semester close to starting.

This mindset of time flying was written about in the Washington Post last month in the article, "Why Half the Life you Experience is Over by Age 7." As the title depressingly states, as each year passes us by we experience life at a faster pace.

Paul Janet, a French Philosopher attributed this idea of experience and age as perspective. The Washington Post says, "The idea is that we perceive time by comparing it with our life span: The apparent length of a period of time is proportional to our life span itself."

In simpler terms, a summer length flies by too quickly for a 20-year-old and slowly for a 6-year-old taking it day-by-day.

The Washington Post explains in one time theory, "As we get older, things become more familiar to us, and time slips by as a result."

Perhaps, the takeaway of time is that you need to make the most of it. Every summer inevitably starts with an endless amount of possibilities. Instead of keeping them as possibilities we should start making them realities.

How long have you said you wanted to start that summer bucket list? If you haven't started, get to it because time is special.

It's easy to get caught up in the fear of time playing a big role in our lives. We count down time for everything whether it's getting through a semester or getting through a Monday-Friday work week.

We need to realize time is precious and worth living. Even if we are psychologically experiencing our summers going by faster than the one before, we should reflect on the present moment.

It might sound like our brain and biology are working against us, but the truth is our sense of time should be optimistic. Not all things that age are bad, just ask your friendly bottle of wine. Next time you ask, "Where did the time go?" make time to appreciate the moments around you.