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Learning to See Again in Midlife

The art of noticing, one ordinary moment at a time.

by Nick Simard

Learning to See Again in Midlife
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Life gets busy, routines take over, and presence slips away. In this memo, I share how noticing the ordinary — from sunlight on a wall to a couple crossing the street — can spark creativity and bring us back to aliveness in midlife.

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