# Is life "too short"?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-life-too-short/677785>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [January 3, 2014, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-life-too-short/677785 "2014-01-03T11:54:17Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 5, 2014, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-life-too-short/677785/81 "2014-01-05T05:02:18Z")

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The problem is that a lifetime doesn’t move at a constant speed. The older you are, the faster it goes, and you get the feeling that the end isn’t far away. To a young person, the phrase “the rest of my life” is something past a far-away horizon, very abstract and virtually endless. To an older person, the phrase “the rest of my life” could mean tomorrow or next month or next year . . . and it’s no longer a far-away horizon. And every time you look at a calendar, you feel that “your days are numbered.” So the older your get, you become more convinced that life is way shorter than it should be.

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