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The calendars are just mocking me now. And they’re everywhere.

My computer monitor. My phone, my tablet, my fitness tracker, my car. My microwave. Every appliance in my home, in fact, seems to know what day it is, and they insist on telling me.

It wasn’t always this way. There were periods when time slipped away, when I only had a vague idea of the date and no relentless reminders of how I’ve lost another day that I’m definitely not getting back.

And now it’s my favorite time of year. Late July sustains me in January, knowing that summer in these parts shows up around the same tim...