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The Shortest Days of our Lives
15th July 2025 • The Daily Note with James A. Brown • James A. Brown
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  • The podcast dives into the concept of the shortest and longest days of our lives, exploring how time can feel different based on our experiences.
  • We discuss how the Earth is spinning faster, which might make our days feel shorter, but that's just one part of the puzzle.
  • The conversation prompts us to reflect on our personal shortest and longest days, highlighting the emotional weight behind those experiences.
  • Listeners are encouraged to share their own stories about time, goodbyes, and moments that felt fleeting or stretched on forever!
  • We explore the idea that while scientists measure time with atomic clocks, our personal perception of time is shaped by our joys and pressures.
  • The episode wraps up with a reminder to appreciate those fleeting moments that actually matter in our lives, because they vanish before we know it.

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  • jamesabrown.net
  • James A. Brown


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The Shortest Days of Our Lives this.

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Is commentary from James A.

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Brown.

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You may have missed it.

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I nearly did.

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But July.

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,:

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The shortest day in history.

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Scientists mean.

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Is it's the shortest day.

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Since the:

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Because this record.

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Doesn'T account for the thousands, if not millions.

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Of years the.

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Planet has gone round.

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And this makes me wonder about the.

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Shortest days of our lives.

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I mean, as individuals.

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For me, those days are filled with joy, with pleasure, with pressure.

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With accomplishment.

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With exhilaration.

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Those days vanish.

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Before I even realize.

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They mattered.

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Too fast to hold.

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And then there's the longest days.

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Of our lives.

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Those days stretch.

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They show up in goodbyes.

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In disappointments, in waiting rooms, in voicemails, in silence, in.

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In tears.

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Sure, the.

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Earth is spinning faster, but time?

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Well, that's something else entirely.

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So what's the shortest day you've ever lived?

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And what's the longest?

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Let me know in the comments and check out more@jamesabrown.net that's jamesabrown.net on that note, I'm James A.

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Brown and.

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As always, be well.

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