Time is Qualitative and Quantitative

One of the five themes of existentialism is time. It states that "lived time" cannot be measured the same way as clock times can be. Words like "almost" or "soon" are all interpreted differently by many people, thus contributing to the idea that everybody has a different perception of time.
Children in long car rides often ask, "Are we there yet?". The parent's response of "not yet" to the parent just means "a little while longer" while children interpret that to mean "not at this moment but ask again after we have been driving for another 1 minute". Since every child is bored, time seems to pass by ever so slowly, since they are not actually living.
Another very relatable example is the one minute before writing in in-class essay. Everybody always claims, "This is the longest minute ever!" even though scientifically speaking, each minute occupies the same amount of time. It's all about perception of what is going on at that specific moment and how people decide to actually utilize that time for actually living. So even though we are "fundamentally time-bound beings", we are not actually bounded by time. If anything, I think we are always doing activities that escape the constancy of time. Time can pass by very quickly or slowly and rarely ever seems to be passing by in a sustained manner. "Time flies by when you're having fun". Thus, time seems to have a direct correlation with living. Actually living.


Shrek: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vUBsTJYK28