I can clearly remember many things from the age of 3 or 4 and the following years as I grew up. Long term memory is quite good but due to large amount of strong medication I'm now on for various things I find my short term memory is shot at.
When I was at school days seemed to last for ever, I started at 5 and left at 14 with no qualifications whatsoever, even failed my 11+ exam but I think the fact my father had died as the result of an accident some two weeks earlier may have had an effect on that.
I'm now 63 years of age and in many ways feel the same as when I was in my teens/ twenties/ thirties except of course for my aches and pains but the days do seem to fly by even though most of the time I'm housebound due to mobility problems. I sleep very little, maybe two or three hours at night with a couple of sessions through the day lasting one hour or less each time at the most.
I too can't believe it's six months since last Christmas, Summer is here and I've already started to put a few pennies away each month for my two grandchildren for next Christmas, it will be here before I realise, I will then be 64 and soon I'll be looking back from my seventies. So all you young guys make the most of what you have now, don't waste your time, you will be up to my (and a few other members on here) age and wonder where it's all gone.