Holidays fly by because you’re actually enjoying them. Take a minute in the middle to notice.

Time collapses when you are absorbed, which is why a good week vanishes and a dull afternoon does not. The speed is a side effect of enjoying yourself rather than a problem to be solved. The only real fix is stepping out of it briefly to register where you are.

Halfway through the next good day, look around on purpose for half a minute. That short pause is a surprising amount of what makes it stick.