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Word of the Day: Glacial Pace
My birthday is coming up, and I’m going to be 46 years old.
I suppose that puts me squarely in the middle age bracket.
I haven’t gone through the midlife crisis thing yet, though.
I’m not sure when that will happen, but I’ll write about it when and if it does.
One thing I have noticed is that time moves at warp speed even though I’m running at a glacial pace.
Have you ever seen a glacier move?
Probably not.
They seem to sit there and crumble before your eyes.
When life is slow, it also moves at a glacial pace.
That’s exactly how I feel some days – stationary and crumbly.
How the heck does that work?
I seem to have crossed a threshold somewhere between 20 and 45, where physical speed decreases at an increasing rate while time simultaneously increases at an increasing rate.
When I try to think about when I first noticed it, I draw a blank.
This stuff is crazy.
Days are zipping by while I’m not zipping anywhere.
During my backpacker days, I couldn’t sit still for more than five minutes at a time.
Now I have an alarm on my Fitbit to let me know it’s time for my 250 hourly steps.
I’ve also noticed I get passed on the highway a lot.
I’m quite content to tuck in behind a transport truck and cruise along at a glacial pace while cars fly by in the passing lane like they were chasing yesterday.
I wouldn’t want to pursue yesterday.
I’m too busy looking forward to tomorrow.
Of course, I can’t remember most yesterdays; they all sort of blend together into what I call five minutes ago.
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