Where did the weekend go?

Himal Kotelawala
8 min readJan 30, 2021

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Have you ever noticed how time seems to move faster the older you get?

Picture this. You’re at the beach. The sun won’t set for another couple of hours, but you don’t mind just staring out to the endless sea. You notice how the cool breeze is offsetting the tropical afternoon heat just enough, as you reach for another sip of your drink. The ancient paperback you picked up at the hotel lobby lays forgotten next to you…

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Himal Kotelawala

Writer and journalist based in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Byline on The New York Times, Time Magazine and locally EconomyNext, The Daily FT, The Sunday Times and Roar.