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My Favorite Quote

"How we spend our days, of course, is how we spend our lives." - Annie Dillard. Annie Dillard is a famous author known for  The Pilgrim at Tinker Creek . I read her memoir titled An American Childhood,  but my favorite quote isn't from this book. Instead, it is from Dillard's other memoir about her experience as a writer. I don't recall where or when I stumbled across this quote. The powerful thing about quotes is that the moment you see them on the billboard, classroom poster, or the internet, they stay with you forever. Sure, you won't think about the quote every single day, but sometimes it comes floating in and out of your brain. They are so powerful that I take a few seconds to reflect upon my past actions. Once I see these quotes, I wonder if my past actions lived up to the quote. This is my favorite quote because my personal goals usually relate to productivity. Sometimes, I get mad at myself on the weekends because I enter a rabbit hole internet sea...