Glacial pace

a glacial with its foot in the ocean and black mountains in the background.
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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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