I used to believe time went by faster if you were asleep or had something you dreaded coming up and it went slower if you were expecting something good or were in a situtaion you waited to get out of (like work). I still believe that to this day.
A childhood belief about general

others believed things like this
- I remember drinking red kool aid and peeing at the same time. I was expecting it to be red.Anon
- that if you had fun, time would literally pass by faster— paul
- i used to think that the faster you go in your car, the faster the car radio went.— Matt
- My uncle once said that elves were really badchildren made to work in santa's work shop— Some guy
- i used to believe that if i didn't work at school, i would have donkey ears, so now i work hard !!!— denis
- We used to think that if you ran swinging your arms around, you would run faster. — Christine