Martha Beck: Why Can't Life Be Like TiVo?

Why Can't Life Be Like TiVo?

If only our best and worst experiences were rewindable, fast-forwardable, deletable. Hey, pause: They are!

By Martha Beck
O, The Oprah Magazine | From the September 2005 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine

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Do you wish your best and worst experiences were rewindable, fast-forwardable or deletable? They are!

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