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Today is the First Day of the Rest of Your Life
Every time I smell laundry detergent, I remember a little sign that hung in my childhood home’s laundry room. It read, “Today is the first day of the rest of your life.” As a young kid, I was almost hypnotized by it…
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Good Morning?
I remember it every time I smell laundry detergent: a little sign that said, “Today is the first day of the rest of your life.” It hung in our utility room, in my first childhood home. As a young kid, I was almost hypnotized by it—I couldn’t exactly explain its meaning, but I loved the phrasing of it. “Today is the first day of the rest of your life.” It didn’t rhyme but it was certainly rhythmic, so it felt like poetry. […]