Field Notes
Observing everyday life with curiosity
Field Notes are observations from everyday life.
Inspired by the curiosity of a naturalist's field journal, each note begins with something noticed — a meal, a conversation, a walk, an environment — and gently explores what it might reveal about the relationships between our bodies, senses, environments, and the people around us.
Rather than offering quick solutions, these notes begin with observation. Together, they invite a slower way of noticing everyday life and the conditions that support greater awareness, connection, and wellbeing.
Browse the latest observations below.
Field Note No.05 What Imperfect Cookies Reveal About Perfectionism
The difficulty of a task can change without the task itself changing. An afternoon decorating cookies became an unexpected observation of perfectionism, body cues, and what can happen when the outcome we imagined begins to separate from the one in front of us.
Field Note No.03 What a Milkshake Reveals About Food and Rewards
Food is more than nourishment. It marks celebrations, offers comfort, strengthens connection, and often becomes a way we reward ourselves. This Field Note explores what a simple milkshake revealed about the relationship between food and rewards—and why becoming curious about the need beneath the reward can expand the ways we care for ourselves.