A letter to myself and fellow data scientists
Dear Zijing,
Yesterday, your coworker messaged you that a celebration was held onsite for several work anniversaries, including yours. How time flies! At the end of the month, you will complete three years in this role.
Is it true that as we get older, time seems to pass faster? I heard one explanation that might make sense: when you are 10 years old, one year accounts for 10% of your life. However, when you reach 30, a year only represents about 3% of your life, which is why you feel time is speeding up. I thought about all those purposeless, long summer days you spent capturing tadpoles in the ponds and rewatching cartoons, believing the afternoon would never end. Now, each day slips away like sand falling through fingers.
Maybe time has always passed by at a steady speed, but it’s passing by a different you. To have youth is to afford to waste every minute and still believe there is a sunrise tomorrow. As you age, the inner clock starts ticking louder, reminding you that you have one…