Time

n. The road-like reflection of the moon on water.... more

n. Staying up late and having an enjoyable time with friends.... more

adj. A warm, positive feeling of togetherness and coziness.... more

n. The time needed to eat a banana.... more

v. Reluctance to spend time or money despite having the means.... more

n. Weight gained from emotional overeating.... more

n. Mark left on skin by tight clothing.... more

n. A person with constant bad luck.... more

n. The art of reading others' moods and intentions.... more

v. Searching for something in water using only your feet.... more

adj. Intuitively feeling that someone is a good person upon first meeting.... more

n. Repeatedly checking if someone is coming.... more

n. A dreamer or impractical person.... more

n. A deep longing for something lost or unattainable.... more

n. The feeling of solitude in the woods.... more

n. Time on a grand cosmological scale.... more

n. The point in your mid-twenties when accountability for your own station in life sets in.... more

n. A long-forgotten mistake from your past that could reappear at any time and rip your life apart.... more

n. The fear of major life changes, even ones you've been anticipating for years.... more

n. A wistful omen of the first sign of autumn.... more

adj. Inexplicably moved by predictable and well-worn sentiments.... more

n. The meditative atmosphere of being alone in a bathroom.... more

n. The awareness that you are not at home in the wilderness.... more

n. Someone whose mood is perpetually out of sync with others, prone to various emotional states.... more

n. The primal longing for a home village to return to, a place that no longer exists, if it ever did.... more

n. The imaginary committee of elders that keeps a log of your mistakes, building a case against you.... more

n. Anger about an injustice discovered long after the fact, leaving you seething with awkward righteousness.... more

n. The sense that the future is arriving ahead of schedule.... more

n. The desire to care less about things and hold life loosely and playfully.... more

n. The wistful feeling of looking around a gathering of loved ones, knowing that it won't always be this way.... more

n. The eerie tranquility of fast-moving clouds passing through the sky.... more

n. The weird hollowness of trying to imagine the distant future.... more

n. The bittersweet awareness that all things must end.... more

n. The fear that you're no longer able to change.... more

n. The awareness of how few days are memorable.... more

n. The moment of realization that your ideal future self will not materialize, leaving you to take on the role yourself.... more

n. The eeriness of places left behind.... more

n. The strange wistfulness of used bookstores, infused with the passage of time.... more

n. The maddening thrill of an ambiguous flirtation, quivering between platonic and romantic.... more

n. The anxiety of not knowing "the real you".... more

n. The unconscious habit of seeing someone as a representation of someone else, obscuring their true identity.... more

n. A resurgent emotion that you hadn't felt in years, that you might have forgotten about completely if your emotional playlist hadn't accidentally been left on shuffle.... more

n. The longing to be free of responsibility.... more

n. The half-remembered acquaintances you knew years ago.... more

n. The fear that your deepest connections with people are ultimately pretty shallow.... more

adj. Anxiously excited to introduce a friend to something you think is amazing, only to cringe when flaws become apparent.... more

n. A state of confusion when your internal sense of time does not align with the calendar.... more

n. A dizzying sense of awe at the sheer scale of modern society.... more

n. Something you've misunderstood for years without knowing it.... more

n. The awareness that your partner perceives the relationship from a different angle.... more

n. A hollow place in your psyche that can never be filled; a bottomless hunger for more.... more

n. The awareness that someone you've known for years still has a private and mysterious inner life.... more

n. The moment a conversation becomes real and alive.... more

n. The sense that you're more than the categories that society puts you in.... more

n. The age at which you become older than your parents were when you were born.... more

n. The unhinged delirium of being alone for an extended period of time.... more

n. The awareness of how little we really know.... more

n. The anxiety of never knowing how much time you have left.... more

n. The sense that your life doesn't fit into a story.... more

adj. Astonished to think back on the bizarre sequence of accidents that brought you to where you are today.... more

n. A momentary trance of emotional clarity.... more

n. An abrupt collapse of trust in yourself, resetting expectations and making it harder to guarantee your word's value.... more

n. The poignant humanness beneath the spectacle of society.... more

n. The habit of believing that a single change could solve all problems, leaving you perpetually on the verge of a better life.... more

n. The point in early adolescence when you realize that adults are no less lost and insecure than you.... more

n. Feeling torn between the life you want and the life you have.... more

n. The desire to hold on to time as it passes.... more

n. A state of exhaustion with human cruelty, leading to appreciation for kindness and joy.... more

n. The desire to capture a fleeting experience.... more

n. A feeling of queasiness while offering advice, realizing the advice may not apply to the recipient's situation.... more

n. A feature of modern civilization that strikes you as absurd and grotesque.... more

n. The anxiety of being an individual.... more

n. A conversation that spans huge intervals of time, kept alive by contributors who casually overlay their thoughts.... more

n. A tiny jolt of awareness that someday you will die, leaving you with a profound realization of life's impermanence.... more

n. The moment you realize you are changing as a person, outgrowing your old problems.... more

n. Nostalgia for a time you never experienced.... more

n. The heartbreaking simplicity of ordinary things.... more

n. A condition of having an active social life but very few close friends.... more

n. A fleeting glimpse of what might have been.... more

adj. Anxious to imagine how many times you must've barely avoided catastrophe.... more

n. A painful memory that is now remembered fondly due to the pride, camaraderie, or storytelling it brought.... more

n. The hidden vulnerability of others.... more

n. The unsettling awareness of your own heartbeat.... more

n. The brilliant artistry hidden all around you.... more

n. The fear that you've lived an ordinary life.... more

n. The fear that your connections with people will diminish as you age.... more

n. The sheepish casual vibe between two people who've shared an emotional farewell but then unexpectedly have a little extra time together.... more

n. The mystery of what goes on behind the scenes of your social life.... more

n. The brooding delirium of being sick that makes time slow and tasks monumental struggles.... more

adj. Intimidated by the awareness of being in the present moment.... more

adj. Mysteriously compelled to wave to passing strangers in remote locations.... more

n. A recurring thought that strikes late at night, often forgotten but resurfaces, quietly building a nest.... more

n. The total set of human beings alive at any given time.... more

n. Frustration with the slow process of getting to know someone deeply.... more

n. A moment that seemed insignificant at the time but led to a significant change in your life.... more

n. A sense memory drained of emotion due to excessive contemplation.... more

n. A quiet jolt of recognition signaling the need to improve oneself.... more

n. Vivid memories of a certain experience that may be disputed by others, leading to a reevaluation of one's worldview.... more

n. A moment you instantly wish you could take back, feeling a pulse of dread right after crossing the point of no return.... more

n. The smallest measurable unit of human connection typically exchanged between passing strangers.... more

n. A caricature of yourself that went out of date years ago, though nobody around you seems to have noticed.... more

n. The desire to see your memories in advance.... more

n. The self-contained pajama universe shared by two people on a long weekend morning.... more

n. The phenomenon of observing your parents interact with people they grew up with, which reboots their personalities into youth mode.... more

n. The satisfaction of things worn down by time.... more

n. The feeling of being stuck on Earth.... more

n. The feeling that time is getting faster.... more

n. The phenomenon of seeing a stranger when looking at your own reflection in the mirror.... more

n. The awareness that the present moment will eventually turn into a memory.... more

n. The moment you consciously try to savor your current happiness, only to have it slowly dissolve into an aftertaste.... more

n. The act of deliberately squandering your time.... more

n. The art of dwelling on the past.... more

n. Hunger for mystery in a time of easy answers.... more

n. Fear experienced while leaving a loved one, uncertain if it will be the last time you see them.... more

adj. Feeling ashamed after revealing too much of yourself to someone.... more

n. The ambient feeling of being a human being.... more

n. The unease of knowing how quickly your circumstances could change on you.... more

n. The complicated solitude of hotel rooms late at night.... more

n. The scattering of memories that your brain is actively forgetting.... more

n. A random image from your distant past that leaps back into your attention.... more

n. The haunting sense of mystery infused into certain random details that beckons you to wonder how it ended up here at this point in time.... more

n. The reservoir of all possible opportunities still available to you at this point in your life.... more

n. A moment of panic regarding the potential lack of returns on invested time and effort.... more

n. The moment you wake up from an immersive dream and have to abruptly recalibrate to the real world.... more

n. A pulse of shame felt despite being innocent.... more

n. An ill-fated attempt to reenact a beloved memory years later.... more

n. The wish for a trial run of life before experiencing it for real.... more

n. A moment of sudden involvement in a stranger's personal life that breaks down barriers.... more

adj. Longing for certainty in a relationship.... more

n. The malaise that results from having unlimited access to something, which only seems to drain away its value.... more

n. A state of unease caused by excessive admiration, leading to doubts about one's true self.... more

adj. Feeling grateful to be stranded in a place where you can't do much, temporarily alleviating the burden of constant activity.... more

n. The inability to determine the appropriate level of sympathy for one's situation.... more

n. The awareness that everyone has a story.... more

n. A chilling hint of distance that creeps slowly into a relationship.... more

n. The sadness of being unable to convey a powerful memory to those who were not present.... more

n. A friendship that can lie dormant for years only to pick right back up instantly.... more

n. Waiting time in a camera shop.... more

n. Sturdy fart in royalty's presence.... more

n. Noisy old hotel plumbing at night.... more

n. Long-term employee passed over for promotion.... more

n. Pretending not to recognize in passageway.... more

n. Moment of false recognition in passageway.... more

n. Short monastic service for biscuits.... more

n. Cough obscuring amusing remark.... more

n. Realisation missed train left.... more

n. Time between lift doors closing and moving.... more

n. Push tap that wets trousers.... more

n. 4pm feeling of not enough done.... more

n. Time frowning at gallery pictures.... more