The following Mark's Daily Apple article was written by Mark Sisson, and is narrated by Tina Lehman.

Seven ways to slow down Perception of Time.

I'm 62. I'm supposed to have a big belly. I'm supposed to be taking at least four prescription drugs a day.

I'm supposed to be lining up for the early bird special at Denny's on Lincoln.

I'm not supposed to be lifting weights, sprinting, and beating younger guys at

Ultimate Frisbee. I shouldn't be snowboarding, starting exciting new business ventures, or getting

shirtless in the Southern California sun without sunblock. I'm supposed to be set in my ways,

not open to new evidence. I'm supposed to be remembering my younger, better days,

as time slips away and I descend ever more rapidly into frailty, financial insolvency,

and death. Time is supposed to speed up as I age, not slow down. Isn't that the conventional

wisdom? Whenever a person gets old, or even

quote old, they complain about the growing rapidity of time. Weeks seem shorter. The endless

summers of childhood become one or two sweaty months of having to wear work clothes in 90-degree

weather. The holidays come and go before you realize it.

Time used to go slow enough that you could run out of things to do and actually get bored.

Now, most people complain about not having the time to do the stuff they claim to want but never

really pursue. As you all know, I'm committed to living well over living long. I'll take a long

life, but I'm more interested in compressing my morbidity, the end of life inability to take care of

oneself and appreciate the good things this world offers. If a long life means being hooked up to life

support for the last 10 years, I'll pass.

An important piece of living well as you age that most never consider is taking advantage of

the fact that time perception is entirely a construction of the brain. By slowing down the

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