The Ages We Carry
This series explores the different versions of ourselves we continue to catty the child, the young adult, the person who...
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Most of life isn't hidden from us.
We're simply moving too fast to notice it.
The people we love.
The person we used to be.
The lessons hidden inside difficult seasons.
The person we're still becoming.
Notice More is an invitation to slow down just enough to see what has been there all along.
Because sometimes changing your life doesn't begin with doing more.
It begins with noticing more.
Start Noticing →What Does It Mean to Notice More?
We spend much of our lives looking ahead.
The next goal.The next problem.
The next obligation.
The next place we're trying to get to.
And while we're looking ahead, some of the most meaningful parts of life can quietly pass beside us.
Notice More is about paying attention.
To the people sitting across from us.
To what our experiences are teaching us.
To the person we have become.
To the beauty hidden inside ordinary moments.
And sometimes, to things we've carried for years without realizing we're still carrying them.
I don't believe we need to escape our lives to find meaning.
I think we need to notice the life we're already living.
Stories That Help Us Look Again
I often begin with something I've noticed—a conversation, a photograph, a memory, a person, a mistake, a walk, a difficult season, or something completely ordinary.
Then I ask myself:
What is this really showing me?
Those observations become the stories and reflections I share through Notice More.
Positivity
This is my next series. It will explore positivity more honestly, not pretending that difficult things don’t happen, but examining...
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The Boy in the Old Photograph
I found a faded photograph from years ago tucked inside an old journal this morning. Looking at that young boy,...
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The Versions of Us We Leave Behind
We spend so much energy trying to figure out who we are right now, forgetting how many different people we’ve...
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What You Asked Me
to Notice
Some of the most meaningful things I've written began with someone else asking me to notice something.
Peace.
Growing older.
Starting over.
Relationships.
Fear.
Purpose.
Something they were struggling to understand in their own life.
So I started asking:
What would you like me to notice?
You give me the subject.
I spend some time with it.
And occasionally, what I notice becomes my next reflection.
BOOKS
Go a Little Deeper
My Facebook series are beginning to become something larger.
Instead of allowing a series to disappear into an old Facebook feed when it ends, I am beginning to turn these explorations into books.
The books allow us to take the same journey more slowly and explore the ideas more deeply.
See what matters.
ABOUT DENNIS
I'm not writing Notice More because I have life figured out.
I'm writing it because I've lived long enough to realize how much of my life I didn't fully appreciate while it was happening.
I've been poor.
I've been a Marine.
I've been a husband, father, grandfather, heavy-equipment operator, real estate broker, businessman, investor, writer, and traveler
.I've succeeded at things.
I've failed at things.
I've started over more than once.
About Dennis
Join the Notice More Community
Thousands of people are already joining these conversations on Facebook.
Read the latest reflections, share your perspective, and tell me what you've noticed.
A Little More to Notice
Occasionally, I'll send you a new reflection, something I've noticed, or something worth thinking about.
No noise.
No daily barrage of emails.