To think that life is whizzing by?

[WearyCat]

Maybe I’m just getting old and this is what happens. But seriously- since Covid life seems to be on a real speed-slope, zooming past. Bad enough that my friends’ children are now adults, in some cases, and my own is mid teens rather than the small child I see in my head. But I’ve been with DH now for nearly a decade and we’re careering towards our fifties. Decades are looking like little pieces of time- where once I planned in months, and that seemed like plenty of time, now I panic that I’ll run out of years.

Does this happen for everyone?

I feel the same.

Yep, I’m 45 and my eldest is 15 and youngest is 12 and I do not know where the hell the last 15 years have gone.

And I was lucky enough to have been able to enjoy the baby/toddler/pre school /primary years and enjoy them in the moment - and I still don’t know where the time has gone.

Being aware that one day we will all leave this mortal coil is both a gift and horribly cruel really isn’t it .

Yes, absolutely. The weeks fly by, it's Monday and then it seems to be Friday again nearly instantly for me. The years since Covid have gone in a flash. I'm 44 now and 35 seems like it was months ago rather than years. Both my kids are now young adults, DH is nearing 50 (we've been together since I was 17). Life really is so short.

Yep, DH and I have hit our 60’s and I often wonder where our 40’s and 50’s went and how did we get to be in our 60’s especially when in my head I’m still in my 30’s and yet my DC are all in their 30’s and we have GC.

We still have so many places we want to visit and spend time in and we want to see our GC grow up but yeah, I wonder how many years we have left, but that does make me determined to make the very best of how ever many years we might have left.

I think it's having teenagers. I'm late 40's with 2 teens and feel like pre covid they were children. The days, months and years back then felt long. Suddenly, in the last few years ds has morphed from child to man. It's frighteningly sudden and I wasn't ready for it. Also my 20's and 30's I felt no different in fitness / age / body. However, post 45 me seems to be aging and that didn't really happen before which is also a shock and marks the passing of time much more.

This is really interesting to me as I’m now 36 and have just begun feeling like this the last couple of years. I think mainly when my eldest went to school and all of a sudden it’s half term when it just feels the summer holidays have only just finished! I feel a sense of my life running away under neath me and I’d be really interested in tips to feel like I’m more productive

Absolutely, 30 years have gone by in a flash whereas the previous 30 years seemed to take the proper length of time, IYSWIM! I was late to motherhood at 45 yrs and I do grieve how fast my DS's childhood went by despite really enjoying his company as a young adult. I see breastfeeding women and want to do it all over again! However, I do come to my senses quite quickly and it does make me treasure these retirement years where DH and I have time to savour life's pleasures.

Yes I think that’s normal for around the half-way point in life. The world has also changed tremendously in the past 6 years. A lot has happened.

Yes I feel the same.

44, two dc who are 15 and 12. When Covid started I had a 9 year old and 7 year old. They were so small.

I think having tweens and teens makes a difference - someone else said that the days felt long when they were wee. Looking back I now completely get that. They fly by now.

I also think at my age you are looking ahead and retirement is closer than it was, any financial decisions we make now needs to consider retirement / not having a full time wage. For example we couldn’t move now and take out another 25 year mortgage. Thats wild. I’m not old enough to think about this.

Half of me doesn’t feel old. The other half aches more now and is being impacted by perimenopause.

Time flies that's why you shouldn't moan about the school summer holidays.
6 weeks flies by, as said that's come and gone and now its nearly half term.

Life is what happens while you’re busy making other plans!