Does it feel like 2020 went on forever? Did lockdown drag, and can you even remember how you spent your time when you weren’t living under coronavirus restrictions? You aren’t alone. For many, 2020 has been the year in which the constancy of time was lost to the upheaval of COVID-19. Objectively, time passes at a constant, linear rate. Subjectively, however, time waxes and wanes with our activities and emotions. Sometimes, it flies by, while other times, it drags so slowly that it almost stands still. That’s supported by research I conducted in April, which explored how the early months of the pandemic had affected people’s experiences of the passage of time. Of particular interest was how quickly time felt like it was passing during the lockdown, in comparison to “normal” (that long-ago time before lockdown). I surveyed 604 people about how quickly time felt it was passing that day and that …