How do you know when to hold on, and when to let go?

This week’s musing on the art of losing comes from an unexpectedly wise phone call.

To read the daily observations that shaped this episode, find the companion Dailyness newsletter on Substack.

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Host Madeleine Dore (previously Routines & Ruts and A social life, with friends) introduces a new podcast exploring how to find more meaning and connection inside our days.

Dailyness shifts the focus from what we do, to what we encounter—various quandaries, feelings, and exchanges with our internal and external worlds.

As a companion to her best-selling Substack newsletter Dailyness, each episode is an intimate lecture on the textures of daily life—from distraction and longing, to friendship, solitude, and the possibilities hiding in the ordinary.

Drawing on a decade of work on routines, creativity, and the small stumbles of everyday living, Madeleine extends her personal observation practice to inspire more attention, reflection, and presence.

Host Madeleine Dore (previously Routines & Ruts and A social life, with friends) introduces a new podcast exploring the many lives we find within our days.

As a companion to her best-selling Substack newsletter Dailyness, each episode is an intimate lecture on the textures of daily life — from distraction and longing to friendship, solitude, and the possibilities hiding in the ordinary.

Drawing on a decade of work on routines, connection, and the small stumbles of everyday living, Dailyness invites listeners to observe, think, and reflect on the rhythms of their days.