Article by Fabafterfifty Why do birthdays seem to come round quicker as we get older? Can it really be a whole year since my last birthday? I am convinced that time speeds up as we age. It doesn’t seem like a full year since my last one, and the two years since turning 50 have just flown by! Is it because it’s just ‘one more’ and not as significant as the big ‘0’s, or is it because we have so many past birthdays that each one holds less significance in our memory. The past year  (ie 1/52) represents far less  percentage of my total memory recall than perhaps the year leading up to my 22nd, or 32nd birthdays would have done. (1/22 or 1/32). Or is it perhaps that I haven’t created enough significant ‘first’ memories in the past year so the days and months have blended in together without...