The Art of Noticing

The Art of Noticing

Invent a Ritual

Or is it a routine? Summer School Post No. 7, the series finale, offers some thoughts on the difference.

Rob Walker
Sep 09, 2021
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Image by Anita Anand, via Getty

This week my Summer School series comes to an end — on a far different note than it began! The original idea was pretty much “how to adjust to the return of normalcy.”

But normalcy did not return after all. The Delta variant ruined everyone’s summer; for some of us, Ida made things even worse.

And yet Summer School has mar…

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