And then there's what bestselling novelist Harlan Coben--the p | Golden Books™

And then there's what bestselling novelist Harlan Coben--the perfect guy to read when you want a long plane trip to fly by--writes in his new book, Don't Let Go.

There are various theories about why the years pass as you get older. The most popular is also the most obvious. As you get older, each year is a smaller percentage of your life. If you are 10 years old, a year is 10 percent. If you are 50 years old, a year is two percent.

But he had a read a theory that spurned that explanation. The theory states that time passes faster when we are in a set routine, when we aren't learning anything new, when we stay stuck in a life pattern. The key to making time slow down is to have new experiences. You may joke that the week you went on vacation flew by far too quickly, but if you stop and think about it, that week actually seemed to last much longer than one involving the drudgery of your day job. You are complaining about it going away so fast because you loved it, not because it felt as though time was passing faster.

If you want to slow down time, this theory holds: If you want to make the days last, do something different.

Makes perfect sense. When we're young, we have plenty of firsts. First day of school. First day of summer vacation. First date. First kiss. First real relationship. First terrible breakup. First real job. First...you get the point. When we're young, life is full of firsts. Time seems to pass more slowly because everything about those moment is fresh and new.

But you can't have a lifetime of firsts - - at least not meaningful firsts.
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