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Before we moved into the Airstream, I had this loose vision of what it would be like based on – shocker – stuff I’d seen online. You’ve probably seen the video: there’s a frame around a beautiful beach scene. You quickly realize the the POV is from the open doors of a campervan, and you’re…

My life is an elaborate hack I have set up to override my innate desire to do absolutely nothing. It’s not that I don’t crave or enjoy new experiences – I very much do. I just dread and will go to pains to avoid the effort it takes to pursue those. My hero’s journey defaults…

This January, I ran a photo contest. I selected ten winning entries from myriad stunning photos you sent me to serve as references for a series of paintings this year intended to connect me/you to awe and meaning. 10% of all proceeds generated related to this effort (ie painting sales, commissions) will be donated to…

It is an absurd hobby. Running, from nothing, for a fun that isn’t, exactly, fun. The mileages stack up, leading to more obscene distances and a greater minimum I must hit to achieve the same joy I had back at the start. If you’re thinking – Alli, that’s an addictive mindset, you’re not wrong. I…

I half-joked to a friend that I made the policy decision before I’d really thought through all the ramifications of deleting my Meta social media apps (Facebook and Instagram). How it happened: A week ago pals staying with us here in Arizona woke up and informed me over coffee steaming in the cold morning air…

On December 31st, 2024, I sent out the following email to my subscriber list. One month into the new year, life is already in full swing and not exactly threatening to *derail* my commitments, but certainly making things more…dynamic. Familiar? Here’s a reminder to myself and to anyone that needs it of intention going into…

Forty is a big deal birthday, and I’ve wondered for a while how I’d like to recognize it. When I turned thirty, I trained for and completed an iron distance triathlon (a 2 mile swim, followed by a marathon, followed by a century-distance – 100ish miles – bike ride). That was a goal that supported…

It’s the end of the year as we know it, and I feel fine. Do I? Feel fine? In some ways very much so, and I’ve been doing lots to contribute to that fine-ness: eating well, exercising, spending time outside. meditating, completing tasks with focus and purpose, limiting alcohol, social media, and other drains. In…

Ok, that’s admittedly one of my more click-baity blog post titles. To make up for it, here is the definitive Alli Harvey Art guide to Covid-ing. You tell me if this is the winning strategy. So, in case it’s not clear – those “cold symptoms” I thought I was experiencing last week were indeed the…

I get annoyed when truisms turn out to be…true. Sayings like “life doesn’t give you more than you can handle” and “we make plans, and god laughs” make me 1) die a little inside, 2) shake my fist at the sky to curse their accuracy. The last couple weeks I threw myself into consulting-related work…

Friends of mine have this adorable dog. He’s living his best old man years out these days, tail wagging, stiffly sitting and standing back up, eating and pooping and smelling and rolling. You know – dog things. Years ago, concerned that their then-pup interacted poorly with other dogs, my friends took him to a trainer.…