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So much of life is anticipation, killing time, counting down to the next gold star in your calendar.

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A photograph of a market stall which has many cheap alarm clocks of all different colours
Photo by Alexander Schimmeck on Unsplash

My days are ruled by timers.

The Apple Watch I received as a gift a couple of Christmases ago clocks up minutes of exercising and standing, until that satisfying, glimmering animated firework on its tiny screen lets me know that, today at least, I was good enough. More frequently, on account of my bad memory and p…

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