On my eighteenth birthday, a letter appeared on my desk. Across the envelope were the words: OPEN WHEN YOU WANT TO KNOW HOW EVERYTHING TURNS OUT. Underneath: FROM YOURSELF, AGE 50. Obviously,
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The letter arrived on a Tuesday. That annoyed me immediately. If my future self had discovered time travel, the least she could have done was make it happen on a more dramatic
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POSTMARKED 2046 The envelope appeared between the electricity bill and an advertisement for a new supermarket. My name was handwritten across it. Not unusual. The strange part was the handwriting. It was
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You walk past a bakery. For one second, you smell something familiar. Suddenly you are eight years old again. You remember a kitchen. A person. A holiday. Maybe even a feeling you
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You are brushing your teeth. Everything is peaceful. Then your brain decides to play seven seconds of a song. Again. And again. And again. Congratulations. You have an earworm. Scientists have a
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Schools often tell students that reading is important. Then they give us almost no time to actually do it. Our school days are filled with lessons, assignments, tests, projects, activities and deadlines.
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