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Touching Video Perfectly Captures Why Time Goes By Faster As We Age

by Emily Arata

At the age of 10, every day is a little different. By 50, many of your tasks are the same and long workdays begin to blend together.

Filmmaker John Koenig has a word for the ache present in your chest when you think about how fast time rushes by: Zenosyne, "the sense that time keeps moving faster."

Koenig is the creative force behind The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows, a YouTube channel that creates a name for every emotion you can't quite label.

We all feel Koenig's Zenosyne, and this video is a first step in understanding why.

Citations: Beautiful Video Perfectly Describes Why Time Goes By Faster As We Get Older (Huffington Post)

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