One of my neighbors has elaborate holiday decorations– lights, blow ups, etc.  His display for Halloween was epic.  Today it’s all about Christmas, skipping right over Thanksgiving.  I’m not quite ready for December. 

This week I started putting things on my calendar for 2026, and then I wonder why time seems to fly by so quickly. I remember longing to graduate from high school. Later it was anxiously anticipating finishing undergrad and then law school. I remember when time seemed to drag – the school year never seemed to end. It seemed “like forever” until I would be an adult – a status I seem to have achieved in age only. 

When the kids were little, I couldn’t wait until they said their first words and took their first steps. Now they are parents of teenagers. There was a tendency to “wish my time away.”

Time is like a runaway train speeding every faster. Sometimes I think that if I didn’t have so many things on the calendar things would slow down. But then I am not sure I want to trade away the anticipation and excitement about things to come - I love making plans and cannot imagine not having things to look forward to. So perhaps now is a good time to utilize the skill of being “in the moment.” 

Do you  think that might slow things down a bit?