The Thinking Rock

The Thinking Rock

You Only Have 47 Seconds

And they're more than enough

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Dominic Rivard
Jan 20, 2026
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You Already Have 47 Seconds. Claim Them.

You started this sentence, but part of you has already left.

Not dramatically. Not obviously. Just that familiar drift, the peripheral awareness of your phone, the half-formed thought about something you forgot to do, the slight restlessness that precedes the reach for something else. You’re here, but also everywhe…

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