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Three prompts to reflect on what went well this year
An exercise to look back on a terrible and beautiful year
 • Asha Dornfest
Adventure is out there -- and in here
Visiting a place in my childhood imagination
 • Asha Dornfest
You, too, can be an urban sketcher
Plus a holiday subscription sale 🎁
 • Asha Dornfest
Believing my eyes
Lessons from mushrooms & medieval Spain
 • Asha Dornfest
Will our next home be in another country?
We're thinking about living abroad
 • Asha Dornfest
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Why "intentional amateurism" is so powerful for parents of young adults
My Substack Live conversation with Karen Walrond, author of "In Defense of Dabbling"
 • Asha Dornfest and Karen Walrond
“It doesn’t matter how it happened.”
On regrets, loopholes, and beginning again
 • Asha Dornfest
State of our disunion
I want better than this for our young adults
 • Asha Dornfest
Parental over-functioning is a sneaky bastard
You never think *you're* the helicopter parent until you look up and see the propeller spinning over your head.
 • Asha Dornfest
Parent of Adults
Parent of Adults
Let's compare notes on life beyond the empty nest. By the author of PARENT HACKS.
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