Field Notes

These are notes I’m keeping as I practice being here.

Some days that means sitting quietly and noticing sound or breath. Other days it’s walking, watching birds, or paying attention to how a place affects my body. I write things down because it helps me stay honest about what I’m actually noticing, rather than what I think I should notice.

The notes are simple and sometimes incomplete. They follow whatever is present that day. It could be a sound that lingered, a moment of stillness, a shift in attention. There’s no plan for where they lead. They’re just a way of marking that something was here.

I’m sharing them because practice doesn’t have to be private to be personal. If reading them supports your own noticing, you’re welcome to take them that way. If not, that’s fine too.

These are just field notes from being here.