To combat the feeling of time accelerating with age, actively practice feeling. By consciously allowing yourself to weep at something moving or laugh out loud at something funny, you register moments more deeply. This slows down your perception of life and prevents you from merely ripping through it.

When life is too routine, entire years can blur together into "memory sinkholes." To counteract this, intentionally schedule two weekly adventures: a "big" one (3-4 hours) and a "little" one (under an hour). This practice injects novelty, makes time more memorable, and gives you events to anticipate.

While time tracking is for management, its surprising long-term benefit is creating a detailed journal. By capturing context around events, it creates richer memories. This act of savoring makes time feel more expansive, combatting the feeling of "where did the time go?"

To avoid living on autopilot, Bill Perkins suggests mapping life in 5-10 year blocks and assigning key experiences to each. This exercise forces confrontation with the finite nature of each life stage, prompting proactive planning for memorable events before the opportunity window closes.

Time feels faster as we age because life becomes more routine. To counteract this, introduce novel experiences and intensity, which create distinct memories (the 'holiday effect'). For daily life, slow down time by intentionally romanticizing small moments, like a cup of coffee, forcing your brain to process the present rather than glossing over it.

To counteract the brain's tendency to habituate, intentionally break up positive experiences. Taking shorter, more frequent vacations or inserting breaks while listening to a favorite song resets your joy response, making each segment feel more novel and pleasurable than continuous consumption.

The human brain defaults to an energy-saving 'autopilot' mode for predictable routines, like a daily commute. This causes you to be mentally absent and miss large portions of your life. Introducing novelty and unpredictable experiences is crucial because it forces your brain to disengage autopilot and become present and focused.

To prevent months from blurring together, intentionally schedule one thing you wouldn't normally do every other month. This practice, called "Kevin's Rule," systematically creates six memorable experiences per year, enriching your life without requiring a massive commitment.

The subjective passage of time is linked to the density of new memories created. Routine weekends feel short because few new memories are formed. By seeking novelty—taking a new route home or rearranging your office—you force the brain to record more, stretching your subjective sense of time.