Scott Frost shares his insights from our newsletter:
Ever wonder why summer felt endless as a kid?
There was enough time for vacations, bike rides, sleeping in, and somehow still being bored before dinner.
Now it feels like you blink and someone is already putting out Halloween decorations.
It turns out our brains may be partly to blame.
According to researchers, we process time differently when everything is new.
I have to admit, that explanation made me feel a little better.
Because every year I find myself asking the same question:
“Wait… how is it already the middle of July?”
I remember thinking summer would last forever.
Then suddenly it was August and there were back-to-school displays everywhere.
According to the article, childhood summers may have felt longer because almost everything was happening for the first time.
First bike ride (and first spectacular wipeout).
First trip to the pool (and first attempt to walk on hot concrete like nothing was wrong).
First summer camp crush that felt like true love for approximately three weeks.
First time figuring out the neighborhood ice cream truck schedule like you’re running a covert operation.
As adults, we’ve simply had a lot more summers.
We’ve done this before.
Work.
A few weekend plans.
Maybe a vacation.
And then somehow we’re buying school supplies again.
One researcher put it this way: “Emotions are basically the glue for memory.”
Maybe that’s why certain summers still stand out so clearly years later.
The week at the lake when someone accidentally dropped the car keys off the dock.
The family vacation where everything went wrong and everyone still laughs about it.
The completely ordinary afternoon that somehow became one of your favorite memories.
Maybe the goal isn’t trying to recreate childhood summers.
Maybe it’s just making room for a few moments this summer that your brain decides are worth hanging onto.
— Scott Frost
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