Optimal Living Daily - Personal Development and Self-Improvement 3771: The Subjectivity of Time by Colin Wright of Exile Lifestyle on Perceiving Time Differently
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Oct 13, 2025 Explore the fascinating subjectivity of time and how our perception shifts with attention, novelty, and emotions. Learn how structuring your day deliberately can slow down experiences and enrich meaningful moments. Discover how new environments enhance attention and stretch perceived time, while routine can make weeks blur together. Colin Wright reflects on the influence of memory anchored by location and how novelty creates memorable experiences that break the mundane. Consider how being present can make life feel fuller.
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Settling Down Changed Time Feel
- Colin Wright noticed his perception of time changed after settling in Kansas compared to years on the road.
- He links stationary routines to feeling weeks vanish while travel made days feel rich and memorable.
Novelty Stretches Subjective Time
- Novel environments crank your brain up so you encode far more details and feel time stretch.
- Routine days reduce variables, making many moments forgettable and weeks blur together.
Time Units Are Social Conventions
- Clock units (seconds, days, years) are social agreements tied to planetary motion, not inherent meanings.
- Off-planet lives would force us to rethink how we measure and tether time to local realities.