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Put away the countdown clock

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Tamara Hinckley
May 31, 2025
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The first thing I do when I get on a plane is pull up the flight map.

I keep it up the entire flight, no matter how long. Watching the minutes tick down on the "time remaining." Obsessively checking: How much longer until we get there?

It's not that I'm claustrophobic or scared of flying. I'm just used to living in countdown mode.

And it doesn't stop when …

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