Objective Vs Subjective Time

Whereas objective time focuses on the clock and calendar as a measure of time external to individuals, subjective time brings in the internal, personal experience of time. 

In this way, subjective time reflects how people perceive, interpret, and mentally travel through time, using memories...

There is no objective time without a subjective interpretation of it.

Deadlines are an example of a subjective interpretation of objective time. Many deadlines we perceive as “real” are anything but. Instead, deadlines are socially constructed dates to plan...

People often relive past experiences or “pre-live” future events, looking for stories that make sense of these experiences in the present moment.

Such meaning cannot be found in objective time, which portrays time as constant and immutable. If all units of time are equival...