On extending our attention

How can we pay better attention to the moments in our days?In this episode, Madeleine reflects on the art of paying attention to the simplest occasion. She shares how noticing the small things might be the highest form of creativity that we have, and how her own daily observation practice helps to notice what we notice. This episode is shaped by a daily writing practice Madeleine has honed for more than 1,000 days. For the next little while, annual subscribers to the companion Dailyness newsletter on Substack will receive the seminar as a special bonus. You can sign up here to find more presence, connection, and meaning in the everyday. Get full access to Dailyness at madeleinedore.substack.com/subscribe

What do you do when you’ve lost the point of why you’re doing something?In this episode, Madeleine reflects on how perfectionism, comparison, or unruly ambition can get in the way of enjoying the creative process. With the podcast in mind, she considers how creativity is a cyclical process of forgetting and remembering—and even when we feel lost, uncertain, or stuck, we never really let go of the thread. To access the observations and reading list that shaped this episode, subscribe to the companion Dailyness newsletter on Substack.This episode is shaped by a daily writing practice Madeleine has honed for more than 1,000 days. Begin with the one-hour seminar to find more presence, connection, and meaning in the everyday. Get full access to Dailyness at madeleinedore.substack.com/subscribe

In what ways have you changed across your lifetime?In this episode, Madeleine reflects on a change she’s noticed in herself and shares three characteristics she observed about our changeability: chance, repetition and subtlety.To access the daily observations and reading list that shaped this episode, subscribe to the companion Dailyness newsletter on Substack.This episode is shaped by a daily writing practice Madeleine has honed over more than 1,000 days. Make it your own with a one-hour seminar and learn how to use observation to find more presence, clarity, and meaning in the everyday. Get full access to Dailyness at madeleinedore.substack.com/subscribe

Have you ever been ghosted by someone and wondered to yourself, why?In this latest episode, Madeleine interviews a ghost who recently sent her an apology via text. As well as getting the chance to ask the reason behind their sudden disappearance six years ago, the episode explores why ghosting has a particular sting, and the ways we can approach the various tensions between things like courtesy and boundaries, expectations and preferences, technology and connection.To access the daily observations and reading list that shaped this episode, be sure to subscribe to the companion Dailyness newsletter on Substack.This episode is shaped by a daily writing practice Madeleine has honed for over 1,000 days. Make it your own with a one-hour seminar and learn how to use observation to find more presence, clarity, and meaning in the everyday. Get full access to Dailyness at madeleinedore.substack.com/subscribe

In what ways do you contradict yourself, one day to the next?This latest musing explores how its our contradictions, failures, and tensions that are the source of possibility.To access the daily observations and reading list that shaped this episode, be sure to subscribe to the companion Dailyness newsletter on Substack.Make the practice your own with a one-hour seminar on how to use daily writing and observation to find presence, clarity, and meaning in the everyday. Get full access to Dailyness at madeleinedore.substack.com/subscribe

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.Make the practice your own with a one-hour seminar on how to use daily writing and observation to find presence, clarity, and meaning in the everyday. Get full access to Dailyness at madeleinedore.substack.com/subscribe

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. Get full access to Dailyness at madeleinedore.substack.com/subscribe