Opening a forgotten chest, I unearthed my early writing – and faced the shallow ego of my youth

OPINION THE UNTREASURED CHEST A long-forgotten trove of my teenage scribblings suggested my chosen career path wasn’t exactly written in the stars IAN BROWN FEATURE WRITER THE GLOBE AND MAIL PUBLISHED JULY 18, 2026 COMMENTS SHARE SAVE FOR LATER I must say, before I begin … Photo illustration of Ian Brown by Domenic Macri/The Globe and Mail. Document reproduction photos by Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail According to evidence I recently unearthed in a trunk in my basement, that is how many of my high school essays began. I cringe as I admit this. My teachers implored me, again and again, in the…