Post by eternaloptimism on Aug 1, 2017 12:42:26 GMT -5
They were saying essentially that if you are living on autopilot I.e. doing the same mindless shit day after day after day for years (like my am) the brain doesn't really have to work to process new situations. Therefore it compartmentalises all its memories into 1 memory block ...if you like. Hence why when i think back on 18 years gone by with the dud it's like woah, that was no time at all. What the hell just happened. I only met him the other day! 18 twatting years of sweet precious life....Gone. Even though we know 18 years is a decent chunk of time!
And on the flip side, if you are busy having your proper life and ticking off your bucket list and having loads of new experiences, the brain needs to process so much new shit that it takes up loads of new "memory blocks" which, when recalled later, it's like woahhhh how the hell did I fit allllllllll that into a year, and makes that year feel immense and long.
I'm quite interested in that concept.
It's almost the opposite of time flying when you're having fun. Sorta.
- Empire state building
- Central park
- Chinatown
- Ellis Island
- Visited the Statue of Liberty
- Broadway show (spamalot)
- Times Square
- Little Italy
- Rockefeller Center
- Started to walk the Brooklyn Bridge, but there was a noreaster coming in and I backed off
- Greenich Village (needed to buy a new pipe)
- Wall Street
- The Met (spent several hours there alone)
- Central park zoo
- And I'm sure I'm missing a few things.
When I got back on the plane after my Monday meeting, my head was swimming. I couldn't believe that I had done so much in such a short period of time.
Now that I'm out of my SM, I plan on living the rest of my life the same way I lived that weekend.
I owe it to myself.
Yay for living life large!!! Xxx
