Weekly thoughts on using a pocket notebook, analog living, and paying attention.
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Married to amazement
Last week I finished the third season of Ted Lasso.
In the finale, a beloved character who has passed away does a voice-over and reads When Death Comes by Mary Oliver.
Ted Lasso is one of my favorite shows, and Mary Oliver is my favorite...
Maybe you’re not bad at journaling: your notebook is just too big.
Yesterday, I finished another pocket notebook. As I closed the back cover, I realized this is part of the magic of the pocket notebook.
In that moment, I felt the satisfaction of finishing something.
These days, a lot of what we experienc...
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Before that, I had been writing on X/Twitter with minimal success for 3 months, so I decided to try Substack.
Now I’m 14 months in (I was planning to write this post 2 months ago, whoops),...
Start a pocket notebook (so future you can remember this year)
I had all of my pocket notebooks on the desk next to me.
As I flipped through them, I thought about how amazing it is that I have my life on paper in these notebooks. Not just my thoughts, but my tasks, my reminders, anything I thought wa...
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