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I read something interesting about this before, the gist of it was that it's because as you get older, each year is a smaller percent of your life. At 10, the last year was 1/10 of your life, so it's longer. At 40, last year was 1/40 of your life, so naturally it went by quicker. It's one of those things you don't really think about but when you do it makes sense
There is also less memorable significant changes/events in your life. Think about all the memorable firsts or unique events and schedule changes that you had in your teens/early 20's.
A new grade every year in education, new teachers, new students, learning to drive, first drinks, first relationship, first apartment, how many shitty jobs you left for a "better one?".
Then compare it to the lfe as you get older. Same job or similar job. Same people for decades. Same house, same favorite restaurants, etc..
Your brain isn't going to remember the month you spent staring at an excel spreadsheets the same way. It's going to lump that month together as "boring shit to mostly forget".