Time
I question what is time? As a child when when it hit 12 oclock in the afternoon id ask over and over is it today or is it tomorrow i remember adults used to get angry with me as i questioned this so much who designed our world to be run on time days weeks months years we are being forced to live away our minds and bodies wasnt designed for i truly believe my adhd should of been my super power who knows what many people with adhd could achieved if oir super powers was allowed to grow time is designed to keep us in this endless loop all we have is moments im chaneling to be present in moments really going to work on the here and now and be present in my own time line try not to focus on an imaginary situation in the near future going to work on allowing myself peace i deserve peace of mind so for this moment in time im comanding peace i can hear the birds what a beautiful sound i will make a nice cup of tea and cuddle pixie
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Did you know it makes more sense to have 13 months in a year, with 28 days per month, exactly 4 weeks in each month. it would allign more and stop the need for the leap year.
But time is not only a manmade concept, but is also important for measuring, and is apart of our universe. In relativity of time, time acts as like a 4th dimension and time and space are not seperate things. Time does play an important role in our universe and reality. Gravity plays a big role in time and are deeply linked and time slows down the bigger the gravitational field. So just as the film "Interstella" showed, if you were near a blackhole with a huge gravitational field time would move alot more slowly, and you would age alot slower. (Real time travel)
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Days aren't a social construct. It's one earth rotation, one dark and one light. Our bodies are designed to 'work' during the light and then sleep through the dark. Been like that for thousands of years, long before clocks were invented.
Years aren't a construct either. The changing seasons are what allow us to grow enough food for basic survival.
Weeks are made up though… There's literally no scientific difference between a Sunday or a Monday. Yet Mondays feel different, even for those of us who don't go to work or school. 🧐
Hours are also made up, but they do at least have a purpose…if you need to meet someone somewhere, you both need to work on the same system of hours otherwise you could be waiting for them all day! 😄
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Makes alot of sense thankyou ive always had a problem with structure of Dates times appointments if i have an appointment at 2pm i will one sit and wait two arrive i would arrive two hours early time for me is pressure if that makes sense
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Very true maybe thats why i dislike time in its form of conforming
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I find it interesting and sometimes annoying how a period of time doing one thing can fly by, and another seems to be forever.
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But we can't change the world just to suit a few, this is how the worlds has worked for thousands of years and will go onto to work for thousands of more. We can't not have cars or buses or day or night time, we can't not have bridges or buildings without steps, we all have to adjust to something we don't like.
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@Catherine21, I really hear what you’re saying about time feeling like pressure. You’re definitely not alone in that. Even without ADHD, a lot of us find the structure of clocks and appointments suffocating.
Wanting to focus on the present and give yourself some peace makes complete sense, and it’s a really helpful way to support yourself. I might take a leaf out of your book, as in a normal week I feel like I’m always fighting the clock.
@rubin16, I’ve read about the 13 month calendar too. It’s an interesting idea and it would make things a lot more consistent and it makes perfect sense to me.
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It would make no sense at all..prove it would make sense after thousands of years, start another petition and see how far it would get..absolutely zero. There isn't just you and a few others in the world!
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The 13 month calendar wouldn't remove the need for a leap year. Days and years aren't scientifically linked, so one doesn't fit into the other perfectly. Each trip around the sun is actually 365.25 days. That's why we have to add a whole day every 4 years to bring it back into perfect synchronisation. 🙂
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I think there’s been a slight misunderstanding. I wasn’t suggesting any changes to the calendar at all.
I was simply agreeing with another member’s observation and acknowledging Catherine’s experience of feeling time pressure. Nobody here was asking for changes, we were just sharing how differently we each experience time.
I find that diversity of perspective genuinely interesting, and my comment was only me relating to what they described.
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Someone born on the 29th of February in 1956 ie my brother is rather happy to be the oldest with the least birthdays cant chang the date you were born at the end of the day your still going to end up in the same place
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I agree im starting to understand my brain does not fit into the structure of society it really doesnt how would the life been living off the land no big cooperations no tax the air cleaner food from the earth water cleaner no mind numbing wifi phones actually sounds like 70s our whole lifes have really been planned for us to conform too time is a moment a second a deadline a pressure if i had too go back to an alarm clock a timetable i couldnt seriously cope they say time waits for no man on another life i would like to live in a village by the sea live of the land and be totally connected to nature now id class that as time well spent now i class time as a ticking time bomb something i endure waiting for sleep to cut the world out sad but true
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Hundreds of years, not thousands, our calendar was introduced around the 1600s and in 1750 something they skipped something like 11 days and went from 2nd Sept to 14th, they also changed the start of the year from being the end of March to being 1st Jan around the same time! So the current system has only actually been about 270 years 😉
Although the way we measure time has been over 4000 years I believe!
I like the cleanness of changing to 13 months, every 1st being a Monday etc but it would also take away some of the whimsy of life!
I remember as a kid being excited to work out if my birthday was on a weekend or school day or even in the Easter holidays, having it the same every single year would take away some of the fun! 😄
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Why answer so abruptly pls no need for this mw responding very respectfully to my post
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Remember to keep things civil everyone. This is an interesting topic and I'm sure everyone's got some different perspectives to share. It would be good to keep it going in a friendly and respectful way ☺️
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Oooh I knew someone growing up that had a birthday on 29th Feb and I was SO jealous it felt really special!!
If I could change the date I was born I'd maybe knock off a few years lol although if I did maybe I wouldn't be my wonderful amazing self 😁
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I think this is a really interesting thread!!
I’m sure there are plenty of reasons not to change our calendar, but it’s an interesting thought experiment. We should never ignore ideas just because they’re different to what we’ve always done ☺️
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Time is such an interesting concept.
I'm really interested in how the rhythms of nature affect our views of time too. Things like the night and day cycle, the tides and the cycles of the moon. It's fascinating. Our modern lives are often quite removed from that these days, especially here in the western world anyway.
I read somewhere that the formation of memories can affect how we view time. So often if time feels like it's going fast it's because you've already experienced things before. Whereas if you're experiencing all new things then it can make time feel much longer. Which would explain why everything feels so long when you're small - you're experiencing life for the first time and your brain has to process that. Thought that was pretty interesting!
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That’s really interesting, Rosie. I agree that we’ve drifted a long way from the natural rhythms that used to guide daily life. The tides, the changing light, the pull of the seasons, they create a kind of time that feels softer and more human than the clock based version we live by now.
What you said about memories makes a lot of sense too. When everything is familiar, days blur together and time seems to speed up. But when something is new, your mind pays attention differently, and the day feels fuller. It explains why childhood seems to last forever, while adulthood can feel like it’s rushing past.
It’s a good reminder that time isn’t just numbers, it’s also how we experience the world, and how connected we feel to the moments we are actually living.
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So intreasting yes the luna moon also did you know water holds memory makes sense we are 70 percent water id love to go back to a cleaner world full of fresh air and nature home grown food i remember when i was younger when street lights came on we knew to go home
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