Nodus Tollensnoh-dus tah-luhns

n. The sense that your life doesn't fit into a story. Your life is a torrent of overlapping moments, rushing at you in no particular order. Every once in a while, you highlight certain memories as turning points. You trace each thread back, until it all feels inevitable.

But there are times when the plot doesn't make sense. You keep finding yourself in passages you don't understand. Either everything seems important or nothing does. It's just a tangled mess of moments that keeps changing.

What kind of story is this? Another coming-of-age tale, the same your parents told? Is your everyday life part of something epic? Are you getting by on other people's charity, mistaking luck for success? A romance, a tragedy, or a cautionary tale?

As you thumb through the years, you may never know where this is going. The only thing you know is there's more. Soon you'll flip back to this day looking for clues—only to learn that all along, you were supposed to choose your own adventure.