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Where Does Time Go?

How are we using our passing time?

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Time flies.

I apologize for the inclusion of this obvious and cliché common phrase, however, the more you think about it, the more apparent the truth of this statement becomes.

Think about where you were a year ago on this very day.

Now two years.

Five years or ten years, if you can remember.

In those moments, this point in time seemed like an endless amount of time away, but somehow, life hit the fast-forward button and, well…here you are.

We anticipate various “set points” in our lives and see the time from now until that point as a long wait, but before we know it, that time is here, but only for a moment and eventually passes, leading us on to the next point.

A great example is when we are looking forward to something, be it a vacation, graduation, a holiday, and et cetera: we anticipate these events so heavily and wish to rush the days by until the awaited date has arrived. We enjoy and live in the moment of that time, but all in a blur, that vacation, holiday, or celebration is over. Those days we wished to rush by leading up to the event we now wish we had back just so that we could relive that experience once again.

And while the days go by slow, the years go by so fast in comparison to the span of time itself.

Though some days, weeks, and months seem longer than others, in all reality, the time clock continues to tick at the same rate on a long, dreadful Monday as it does on an exciting Saturday. 60 minutes will still make up an hour, 24 hours will still make up a day, and 365 days will still always make up a year.

What we often fail to realize is just how fast this time goes by. We all know and admit that “time flies,” but where does this time go?

What are we doing with this passing time?

How are we spending these hours that make up our days, weeks, months, and years?

While it’s evident that not every hour is going to be filled with productivity, enjoyment, adventure, or discovery, when we evaluate our overall time expenditures, where is most of our time going?

With time continually passing at a rate quicker than we can comprehend and adjust to, the greatest thing we can do is use it wisely.

Make as many memories as you can. Take the trip. Take up a new activity that may be something that’s completely new to you. Do the things that will allow you to look back at this year and admire how much you did within a short 365 days.

Think about where you will be in a year from today: it seems so far in this moment, but when you think back to where you were a year ago today, you too thought the same, and yet you’re here already.

Where did your time go between then and now, and where do you want it to go between now and your next set point in time?

Time flies, so make the best of each moment while it lasts.

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