How can I slow down time? No, we can’t really stop time or turn it back for that matter.  Unfortunately.  But there are steps we can take to be more present in our lives and find joy in more moments.

“The time goes by so fast,” followed by parenting advice was the number one thing people repeated when I went public on being pregnant.  To be honest, I was really tired of hearing it.  I kept wondering why people stated something that seemed negative instead of an excited, “Congratulations!”

Now that I’m 5 years into this, I couldn’t agree more.  I find myself telling people the same thing, and then almost grabbing my mouth when I realize I’m doing the same thing to their enthusiasm of a new child on the way that others did to mine.  But you may as well go into it with realistic expectations and expecting time to FLY by once you become a parent is realistic.

I wasn’t sure what happened.  I used the same clocks I used during the B.C (before children) years.  They seemed to move pretty slowly or just the right speed back then.  Once I had kids, it seems the fast-forward button is stuck!

After some research, I found that the reason time seems to speed up actually has to do with aging and the messages our brain sends to us about its perception of our time.  If you are interested in the explanation, you can find an in-depth … Read the rest