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unpacking the bad ideas that steal our joy // creative work & midlife reinvention
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how to leave your life with just six suitcases (opens the original)
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Hi friends! As I shared last year right around this time, one of the things I’ve been thinking about a ton is midlife reinvention—both the big things (divorce, marriage, career change) and the smaller shifts so many of us are making in this moment. Today I’m excited to share an interview with writer , who made a BIG change post-pandemic—moving out of New York City and to a new country with her husband, and doing that move in just the 6 suitcases they could ta
poet Erika Meitner on going feral at residencies and learning to “make a bit of Yaddo anywhere” (opens the original)
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Hello there! Welcome to Be Less Careful, a newsletter about making space for creative practice in a busy life. Today we’ve got a special guest post in the tending section, which is a mix of essays and interviews about creative practice that do a deeper dive into a particular craft element or process question. Previously, we’ve featured on research as “a deeply omnivorous act,” on <a href="https://nancyreddy.substack.com/p/how-wolf
happier at home (in Amsterdam!) with Snigdha Bansal, who’s discovered “joy in the sisyphean struggle of keeping house” (opens the original)
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This is our third (!!!) edition of the new Happier at Home series. I’m excited about the variety of homes we’ve featured so far—from ’s compact Connecticut home full of young kids to the “modern treehouse” built for herself and her now-grown children as they were grieving a major loss. I’m playing around with the format a bit and am looking forward to getting even nosier1 in the ne
happier at home with Sue Deagle, who built a “modern-day treehouse” as her family’s haven after her husband’s unexpected death (opens the original)
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Hi there! I’ve got a new interview in the Happier at Home series today. As I wrote last week, Happier at Home is a different kind of house tour–less about glossy photos and picture-perfect spaces, and more about how we want our homes to feel and who we share them with. It’s about what makes our houses feel like home.Today, we’ve been invited in by Sue Deagle, who describes her home as a “modern-day treehouse.” I really love the warmth of this space—those huge windows!—and the story behind its cr
good creature Jenny Browne on her new book I AM TRYING TO LOVE THE WHOLE WORLD (opens the original)
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Hello there! Welcome to Be Less Careful. This is a good creatures interview, a series that explores the intersection of caregiving and creative practice. pop your email below to subscribe and get more good creatures sent right to your inbox!<input class="button primary" type=
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