You don’t feel the amount of new things you see slows down considerably as you grow older?
It’s not that you can’t find novel things any more if you go looking for them, but most everyday things hold no more (or less) excitement.
I notice this especially much with my 3 year old son, for whom everything is fascinating. He’ll find out that sticking a bowl upside down in the water and turning it face up will make a lot of bubbles and he’s tremendously excited. I’m excited to see him being excited (which is novel’ish), but the fact that bubbles appear is incredibly mundane now.
It’s not that you can’t find novel things any more if you go looking for them, but most everyday things hold no more (or less) excitement.
I notice this especially much with my 3 year old son, for whom everything is fascinating. He’ll find out that sticking a bowl upside down in the water and turning it face up will make a lot of bubbles and he’s tremendously excited. I’m excited to see him being excited (which is novel’ish), but the fact that bubbles appear is incredibly mundane now.