Winter+Break

 So how was your Winter Break? This seems to be the questions on everyone’s mind. It also seems that Winter Break seems to go way too quickly. Why does it seem that way to people?  It feels like Winter Break should be a period of time of relaxation, and reflection. Winter Break should be a time to engulf in your own thoughts, and dwell on how your year went. However some people prefer a more extreme take on Winter Break. I know several friends that were competing in track meets, skiing competitions, and even cheer competitions. However, regardless on whether you enjoy engaging in intense activities, or whether you prefer staying home, settling back, and pondering about the things you did that year the time always seems to fly so quickly. Why does the time fly so quickly? Is it because people have so much fun that they lose track of time? Is it because that when given time to themselves people generally have a very loose perspective on the exact time? Or could it be that without tight and stressful schedules people tend to not find any purpose in managing their time? Time moves at the same rate regardless of what you are doing. Therefore the whole perspective on time moving fast is all mental, and depends on what a person is doing. Typically the bad experiences feel longer then the good experiences because the person having these experiences wants the good ones to last and the bad ones to end sooner. The sad truth is scientifically speaking these experiences are moving at the same rate of time. However this can also be seen as a good thing, for everything is temporary. No matter how bad a time someone is going through, no matter how much agony they think they are in, and no matter how much hope is imbibed from a person’s heart, if they can persuade themselves that the situation is only temporary then they can make it through. Putting your mind in this State of everything being temporary is helpful when you’re experiencing something lugubrious, but it can also depress you if you’re always in this State of mind for you know that the good experiences are only temporary as well. So being able to regulate this State of mind of everything being temporary is important if you want to make time seem slightly more consistent. So, how was your Winter Break? If you want to talk about it, post it in the comments below.