Where Does Time Go!
I think we’ve all said that at some point or other after being so engrossed in what we were doing that we lost track of time. However, over the holidays when using that expression people were referring to the year just ending as they assessed how quickly the last twelve months have sped by.
Imagine how short a year will be for a set of twins born a year apart on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day 2020. One a few minutes before midnight and the other a few minutes after midnight. Won’t that be fun when they get older? Twins born a year apart! Actually a decade apart!
Because we are entering a new decade this year we are made aware, more than ever, of how so very quickly years and even decades melt away. Like you I certainly remember very clearly when we entered a new century full of fear and hope some twenty years ago now. Yet it doesn’t seem that long ago, does it? The talk about Y2K was a source of anxiety for anyone who had a computer, but especially for large businesses such as banks and airlines. Everyone was worried that the world would basically stop working because of the numbers in 2000. Too many zeros? I remember being at a party on the last day of 1999 when we all waited for the stroke of midnight and the damage we would all be facing. Yet, 2000 arrived and the world continued working without even a burp, and innovations have continued marching on at greater and greater speed ever since.
Many people I talked to over the holidays agreed that 2020 came much faster than they anticipated. I think we are all a bit surprised when a new year rolls around and we have to get used to a new number. And we do, however when entering a new decade it gives us pause, does it not? More than one number changes and we have to make certain we use the right year on our documents. It also makes us clearly aware that time stops for no one. We are all older.
However, I was surprised to hear one of my granddaughters remark that she can’t believe how old she is getting!
Kid, wait till you reach a respectable age as my mother used to say, then we’ll talk about the passage of time.
To all of you who read my blog, Happy New Year, Happy New Decade.
