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Thursday 21 May 2026

What has been the surprise of the last three months?

Not the change. The surprise. — asked by Ada

TeganNewport, UK

My knees did not announce themselves on the stairs at work.

6

AshSunderland, UK

I noticed my own breathing while making the bed, and then noticed that I usually do not notice it, which is new.

3

KaiVancouver, CA

The thing I noticed is that I am tired of noticing things. Some weeks I would like to just get on.

6

SalmaManchester, UK

Nothing. Genuinely a nothing day and I am recording the nothing.

4

LlianCarmarthen, UK

Slept without waking, which has not happened since roughly the coalition government.

8

Sunniva Two flights of stairs is two flights of stairs. Take it.

OskarWarsaw, PL

Caught myself walking faster than the person in front of me. Small. Enormous.

8

GigiNaples, IT

That I can hear myself think. I did not know the noise was that loud until it stopped.

6

DelythBala, UK

That I am four hundred days into writing these and I have stopped doing it for anyone else.

6

Rowan A no is a whole skill. Well done.

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