The Art of Noticing

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TAoN No. 87: Are you a different person when you travel? Should you be? Plus: A new Missing Word, a Missing Word bonus question, and more

Rob Walker
Oct 11, 2021
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I flew to another city on a work trip last week. Not exactly thrilling news, perhaps — but it’s the first time I had done such a thing since February of 2020. I’m still on the cautious side about pandemic risks, so I definitely wasn’t ambitious about my free time: No sight-seeing or seeking out the latest restaurant, etc., basically restricting extracur…

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