[ethbro]

I can't lay hands on a link, but there was an article about the psychological phenomenon of time passing too quickly. It was a measurable state you could detect a brain as either being in or not in.

One of the most reliable ways to reset internal time perception? Experiencing nature.

I try and take more walks now.

[severine]

Perhaps https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24209297

Effect of Exercise-Related Factors on the Perception of Time (frontiersin.org) 65 points, 9 days ago | 9 comments

[ethbro]

I think I found that paper. Posted in a reply below.

[Dylan16807]

By reset, you mean the effect lasts after the nature time ends?

Because if not, while walks are nice, my goal isn't exactly to have twice as long of a subjective experience but 60% of it is parks.

[ethbro]

Yes. The gist was that your brain gets caught in a loop in which your perception of time was continuously skewed, leading to a constant feeling of hurrying / lacking enough time.

Spending time in nature essentially jumped your brain out of the loop, even after you returned from nature.

Think it might have been a summary of this: "Awe Expands People’s Perception of Time, Alters Decision Making, and Enhances Well-Being" (2012)

https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2083257