Otherwise, existential dread will consume you and you’ll never leave the house.
The graph makes it look like there is some science behind the article, but it is just the author’s musings about his kids and holidays.
The author goes as far as to state he no longer has to worry about the heat death of the universe because he had children.
For what it’s worth, he describes the known phenomenon that novel experiences feel longer than routine ones, then asserts that seeking novel experiences make you resentful without any evidence of that assertion at all.
I can say that in 2025 I wound up doing so much that it was BONKERS. I had two friends visit from the US and went to Spain, Germany and France for concerts and festivals. I ran an event in October which felt like its own universe. I cannot BELIEVE it was this May that I saw Bad Religion play in Valencia (and then again in Barcelona). I realize not everyone can afford to do all of that, but Im in my 40s and I work a lot and prioritize these things financially so I can.
On a day where you drive, take a shuttle, then a plane, then a light rail, then a bus in places you’re unfamiliar with the day feels so long I find myself saying “can you believe that was today that that happened?” So yeah, doing a bunch of new stuff absolutely is what makes time feel longer, and everythings new to kids. Do the same stuff every day, every week and life will zoom by.
Or have kids to absolutely extinguish your dread of existential meaninglessness and have a double helix existence with your children…
According to the article: have children, period.
Otherwise, existential dread will consume you and you’ll never leave the house.
The graph makes it look like there is some science behind the article, but it is just the author’s musings about his kids and holidays.
The author goes as far as to state he no longer has to worry about the heat death of the universe because he had children.
For what it’s worth, he describes the known phenomenon that novel experiences feel longer than routine ones, then asserts that seeking novel experiences make you resentful without any evidence of that assertion at all.
I can say that in 2025 I wound up doing so much that it was BONKERS. I had two friends visit from the US and went to Spain, Germany and France for concerts and festivals. I ran an event in October which felt like its own universe. I cannot BELIEVE it was this May that I saw Bad Religion play in Valencia (and then again in Barcelona). I realize not everyone can afford to do all of that, but Im in my 40s and I work a lot and prioritize these things financially so I can.
On a day where you drive, take a shuttle, then a plane, then a light rail, then a bus in places you’re unfamiliar with the day feels so long I find myself saying “can you believe that was today that that happened?” So yeah, doing a bunch of new stuff absolutely is what makes time feel longer, and everythings new to kids. Do the same stuff every day, every week and life will zoom by.
Or have kids to absolutely extinguish your dread of existential meaninglessness and have a double helix existence with your children…