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It was 18th June 2024 that forum member Sean Nally (N4LLY) sadly passed away. Two years has passed very quickly.

Also in August 2024 we lost Tim (MerBrook).

And very recently we also lost Ron K (RONK).

Just a note to remember them all, and any others that I don't know about.
 
Time passes so quickly and the older you get the faster it seems to go. Talking to Andy (Pondy) recently he asked how long I had had the Z4 he sold me. When I checked it was four years. The longest I have ever owned any car. It just seems to have flown by.
As RONK said ,”don’t worry about wasting money, worry about wasting time.”🙏
 
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Time passes so quickly and the older you get the faster it seems to go.
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There's some science to this. At six, you've lived one sixth of your lift. At 50, it's one fiftieth.

I never knew RONK, but I'd add to his wise words with "Don't become a bitter one, because it's the rest of us that has to taste it"
 
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CuppaTea said:
There's some science to this. At six, you've lived one sixth of your lift. At 50, it's one fiftieth.

I never knew RONK, but I'd add to his wise words with "Don't become a bitter one, because it's the rest of us that has to taste it"
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Now maths ain't my strongest suit, but if at 50 you've only lived one fiftieth of your life then you are going to go on quite a while yet. ;)
 
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Now maths ain't my strongest suit, but if at 50 you've only lived one fiftieth of your life then you are going to go on quite a while yet. ;)
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Not longevity, but the perspective of time. There are 1440 minutes in a day. A 6th is 240 minutes, a 50th is less than 29 minutes
 
From what I’ve read, the key to appreciating time as it passes is having new experiences. Routine and repetition reduces the number of new memories and novel neuronal connections that are formed. Time seems to pass in large swathes.
When you are young, every day brings a previously unmet concept or activity that requires understanding, development and adaptation. These act as buoys in the sea of routine, offering perspective on the passage of time. As such, time seems to pass more slowly.
My five year old daughter always references specific episodes to understand when something happened in her life. These reference points are significant moments for her, but may be routine events for some experienced at life.
The key to feeling like your life isn’t disappearing from underneath you is to have a novel experience everyday - gain a skill, engage your brain wrestling with a complex concept, travel, be challenged, make yourself nervous, fight against mediocrity and routine….
Or you could just work the same job for 40 years, watch TV every night and holiday in the same resort each year. I’ll meet you when we are 80, but I’m taking the long way around.
 
If you don't want time to pass quickly, don't retire. Since retiring it's quite scary how the days, weeks and months are literally flying!

Tim.
 
Just to add, there’s a lot to be said for the seemingly vacuous teeshirts and bumper stickers stating slogans like, “One life, live it”!

When I was 18, I read a Stephen King short story entitled “My Pretty Pony”. It’s been a long time and I’ve not read it again as an adult, but the message stayed with me.
 
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See above - challenge yourself every day, and make no two days the same.
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Absofukinlutely….i’m never retiring, I might not work for money in 10-15yrs but I’ll never stop tinkering in a workshop etc, the thought of doing nothing scares the bejesus out of me. I’ve seen blokes retire at 65 from manual jobs and they’re in the ground 3 years later, they cease to function. No thanks. Keep going and push yourself within your limits.
 
I retired at 56 - only wish I'd done it earlier :cool:
Never been bored as I can always find things to occupy my time (currently landscaping the back garden)

Cindy and I now only spend half the year in the UK, and fly away to avoid the cold, wet and windy winter months ('cos that's what kills old people)
 
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All this talk of 'living life to the full' etc, etc is all very well as long as you have your health and decent wealth.
Many many people have neither, through no fault of their own.
 
Pondy said:
All this talk of 'living life to the full' etc, etc is all very well as long as you have your health and decent wealth.
Many many people have neither, through no fault of their own.
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I'm piss poor and living my best days. It's not what you've got, it's how you shake it😉
 
I lost a fair few years on my workplace pension as retired at 58, I just thought well I can carry on making my pension fatter only to drop down dead or finish work whilst still healthy and enjoy life. The problem is you can't predict the future and you can't take wealth with you. My dad never saw retirement as popped his clogs at 62.

My biggest surprise in retirement is how little money you actually need to enjoy it, so long as you don't have any large debts than all good.

Tim.
 
Retirement was the best thing I did at 58. Never before in my life have I needed to use a diary to keep track of all the things I'm doing!
Granted, a lot of my time is spent tinkering with zeds, but no two are quite the same, I've met many new people and I've travelled around the country (and to Ireland) doing the things I enjoy.
So in a way I'm agreeing with @john-e89; I've given up working for a salary but to a certain extent I'm still working, purely for the enjoyment of it.
 
I retired at 54 without a single regret. Living life to the full and thoroughly enjoying it. One of the biggest benefits is that if you don't fancy doing something today then just postpone it until tomorrow or the day after that.
 
TitanTim said:
My biggest surprise in retirement is how little money you actually need to enjoy it, so long as you don't have any large debts than all good.
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Yes, it's a valuable exercise to work out how much you actually need (not 'want') for a comfortable retirement - when I did this, I found that it was about £20k/pa less than my 'finger in the air' estimate.
 
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