Thursday, March 31, 2005
Journal Response to “Age Comes, Time Goes”
Tim presents an interesting idea in his essay about age and time. While he realizes that time is always constant, he alludes to the fact that time always feels to change paces when you do. He moves from childhood to college to married and work life and finally to retirement days, documenting the different speeds of time throughout these stages in life.
I really appreciated the way that Tim approached this topic. Instead of giving a dry description on how silly it is to believe that time really does slow down and speed up to cater to a person’s life, he intertwined personal experience with fact, creating a pleasantly simple tale that contradicts dry scientific observations by stating that time seemingly does cater to one’s daily life.
I loved the description that Tim used dealing with the different phases of time as well. The way that he moved from the anticipation of childhood to the overwhelming college world with a BAM!!!! not only effectively stated his point, but allowed me to completely relate to this experience and even laugh at my own stupidity to rush through the bliss of childhood.
Finally, after depicting the other phases of life and their time-warping attributes, Tim suggested that perhaps when time seems to conflict with personal interest, desire, or obligation, we need to step back and evaluate how we truly are spending our time. This suggestion proved relevant in my life as a college student and can be effectively used in any type of situation – as Tim readily suggests.
Tim tastefully mixed mesmerizing myth with the mundane matters of time, creating a pleasant essay that causes readers to find meaning in their overly busy or under-stimulated lives.