Simple Joys — The Little Things
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The Little Things

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Simple Joys — My Whimsical Traditions
✦ the rituals

My Whimsical Traditions

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The slow Sunday rituals that make everything feel deliberate and good. Toast, coffee, no hurry whatsoever.

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Campaigns
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Campaigns

Seasonal intentions, not resolutions. Month-long experiments in noticing and doing things a little differently.

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Event Guides
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Event Guides

Making ordinary occasions feel like real events — birthdays, equinoxes, the first properly cold day of autumn.

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Simple Joys — The Lists of Things
✦ an ongoing inventory

The lists of things

Things I Love

The good stuff

  • ✓ Thunderstorms from inside a warm house
  • ✓ The smell of old bookshops on rainy days
  • ✓ When someone laughs before they've even started the story
  • ✓ First sip of coffee in the morning quiet
  • ✓ Finding money in an old jacket pocket
  • ✓ When a plan quietly comes together on its own
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Things to Do

The to-do list

  • ○ Walk somewhere new without using a map
  • ○ Cook a recipe from a country I've never visited
  • ○ Write a letter to someone who wouldn't expect one
  • ○ Sit in a park with nothing to do — on purpose
  • ○ Learn one new thing before the end of the month
  • ○ Call someone just to say hi, no agenda
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Things I'm Learning

The slow lessons

  • → How to let things take the time they take
  • → Saying no without over-explaining myself
  • → The names of the birds that visit my window
  • → That a slow morning is never wasted
  • → When to put my phone down and just be there
  • → That rest is not the same thing as giving up
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Simple Joys — People I've Met
✦ a series of encounters

Cool People I've Met

Everyone has a story worth hearing. Here are a few of the people who've made an impression.

Simple Joys — The World Through My Eyes
✦ a series of stories

The World Through My Eyes

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Humans of Chicago
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The man at the corner of Wacker & State

Rush hour, but slower than it looks

Riverwalk, January

A quiet table at the back

She said she's lived here 40 years

Strangers I'll Remember
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He was reading Steinbeck on the train

Laughing at something I'll never know

A dog. Always a dog.