🌱 Existence & Reflection

Questions of time, memory, and meaning.

2026-07-26 · ~01:17

Why does time speed up as we age?

At age five, a year is 20% of your life (an age). At fifty, it's 2% (a moment). Childhood is full of 'firsts,' so its memories are dense and feel long; routine speeds time up.

reflection — Novelty slows time; routine speeds it. The secret to a longer life isn't in the number of days, but in the density of what we live in them. Try something new, and your life grows longer.

2026-07-25 · ~20:47

Why do we dream?

Dreams aren't random: they weave your new memories into old ones and give them meaning, process emotions, and may have evolved empathy. The honest science: the brain is doing something important that we don't yet fully understand.

reflection — As you sleep, your brain merges your day into your old memories and gives it meaning. Dreams are the night's memory factory — turning what we lived into what we keep.