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Next Obvious Thing

a little newsletter sharing my thoughts on this wild ride of my life so far.

Newsletter · By Ali Lopez · Official site

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  1. Issue · Sep 24, 2026

    Back to School (opens the original)

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    Subscribe nowI’ve always thought of September as the more logical new year, instead of the middle of winter. I mean yes, January is “technically” the start of the new calendar year, but that doesn’t mean that it is the optimal or logical time to begin again. Summertime to me feels like playtime, exploration, and so much more light! And with that light, there is a “lightness” and ease. Yes, of course I still have a work day, but it seems like the hours before and after are longe

  2. Issue · Aug 20, 2026

    Just humming along... (opens the original)

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    Subscribe nowSo I moved this week. Not far. Just about 1/4 mile down the road from where we were living, but moving is moving. We had been in our home since December of last year, so a good year and a half. Enough time to feel like “our home”, even though technically it belongs to the farm. Our new space is bigger and has more natural light than our old one, but still needs to be made into a home. I’m not sure if moving 1000 miles or 1/4 mile is harder. When we moved to Vermont we had to

  3. Issue · Jul 20, 2026

    Messy middles (opens the original)

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    Subscribe nowWhen we last met (on the page) I left you with a cliffhanger… so now a quick update and as always, some thoughts. Yes, the MRI showed a stress reaction (gentler term but basically the same as a fracture) but I am no longer feeling any pain… (knocking on wood as I type.) These past few weeks of not running, then running, then not running has been quite the roller coaster. And as a result I felt like my thoughts

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