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by AB2014solo Related Item: RPGG News I've always seen it relating to longer periods in terms of the length of your life so far. Yes, I noticed that when you're a parent, they still seem to last forever, but for different reasons.

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by AB2014solo Related Item: RPGG News I've always seen it relating to longer periods in terms of the length of your life so far.

Yes, I noticed that when you're a parent, they still seem to last forever, but for different reasons.

рџ¤Ј In the same vein, when you're five, a year is 20% of your whole life, and you've probably forgotten most of the first two years, meaning it's more like 33%.

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by AB2014solo Related Item: RPGG News I've always seen it relating to longer periods in terms of the length of your life so far. Yes, I noticed that when you're a parent, they still seem to last forever, but for different reasons. рџ¤Ј In the same vein, when you're five, a year is 20% of your whole life, and you've probably forgotten most of the first two years, meaning it's more like 33%.

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  • This all applies to hindsight, of course, which is normally a very accurate tool, but not always.

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So, when you're young, the summer holidays seem to last forever. When you're fifty, a year is only 2% of your life.

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