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It may be that, in objective terms (years) they predict progress at the same rate you do. Its just that what they consider a "long time" is different.
Slow, incremental progress to a person who considers 3 years to feel like "eons", might look like lightning progress to an adult who expects their life in 3 years to look basically the same as it does now.