Physics Week One-Meaning of Time

"Time" is such an abstract word. I've always thought it was a strange amalgamation of many different factors involving one's own proprioception of where they are in time and space, and then realizing just how constantly changing that perception is. It's almost like time is akin to frames of a movie reel that can quicken or slow depending on the experience the audience is going through. A high speed car chase in comparison to a recording of a sunrise has a completely different pace. One may be so engrossed into the intensity of the car chase that they aren't aware of the physiological effects it has on the body-quicker heart rate, respiratory rate, increased adrenaline and emotional fluctuations with little awareness of how much "time" or rather awareness of their mind and body in space, has passed. A quiet sunrise may be more open to our bodies slowing down as if in meditation, where our senses our attuned to the subtleties around us in a completely different way. The time passes the same, but with a completely different mindfulness. Does time really speed up or slow down? I believe it's relative to the individual and the experience they create for themselves in that one instance of time and space. Therefore, the cultural implications of time are without a doubt relevant. A culture such as our Western mentality values extreme multi-tasking, fast-paced living, and time as money and something to be spent or bought, while other Eastern cultures that value rest and stillness tend to value time in a less materialistic way, and most likely experience it much much differently.

Time is both fleeting and infinite depending on how you perceive it-so why rush?