What is a Little Non-Adventure?

A small, ordinary moment you never want to forget.
Like this one below..."The first thing I see when I open my eyes is two little hands curled over the cot. It's 5 a.m., and our boy is up and ready!
I'm not. I'm groggy, but my 18-month-old son grabs his shoes and reaches for our hands. It's time for a walk, whether we like it or not.We stroll to the beach, side by side. He takes his dad's hand, then mine, wrapping his tiny fingers around ours. He grins, giggles, and yanks us forward.And I think, this, this small, ordinary moment is the little non-adventure I never want to forget."What is yours?

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Letters

Some things are too important to stay unsaid.
A letter written for the moments that matter:
- vows to a child you haven't met yet,
-a thank you to the person who changed everything,
- or your future self on the other side of something hard.
Written personally with you. In your voice. From your story.Investment: from $120 / R1,950

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Little Non-Adventure Frames

Every family home tells a story.
We take one moment, a memory, a place, a feeling you keep returning to, and turn it into a piece of writing, beautifully printed for your wall.
Not a quote from someone else's life.
A story from yours that you can share to set the tone in your house.
Investment: from $134 / R2,200

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Personalised Storybooks

Little Non-Adventure Storybooks
For the parent who knows this version of them won't last forever.There is a version of your child that exists only right now. The way they mispronounce a word. The thing they do every single morning. The face they make when they are thinking hard about something small.
You know it is passing. You just don't know how to hold onto it.
The LNA does that for you.
We write a gentle story drawn entirely from real life - their real routines, their real personality, their real ordinary magic. Something they can read now and return to later. Something you will want to keep long after they have grown out of it.
This is not a gift that gets forgotten.Investment: from $295 / R4,950Written and illustrated. Printed and delivered.

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The Noticing Guide

When last did you actually notice your life?Not the big things. Not the milestones. The small ones. The quiet ones that don't look like much at first but turn out to be everything.This gentle guide teaches you how to slow down, see your ordinary life differently, and capture your own Little Non-Adventures.No writing experience needed.
No pressure. No perfection.
Just a quieter, more intentional way of moving through your days.Inside you'll find:
- What noticing actually is (and what it isn't)
- A simple four-step practice to start today
- Why the ordinary moments are the ones worth capturing
- Prompts to help you find and write your first Little Non-AdventureThis is where the practice begins.$15 / R250 — Digital DownloadCOMING SOONEmail [email protected] to JOIN WAITLIST

Jackie's Little Non-Adventures

These are personal non-adventures that happen every day in my own life. My favourite is the messy kitchen adventure.

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Little Non-Adventures for Kids

Explore eight-year-old Georgie and his older sisters' fictional non-adventures. Perfect for reading aloud and slowing things down.

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THE PHILOSOPHY

One morning, I walked into a messy kitchen and smiled.Dirty juicer. Watermelon rinds on the counter. Dishes in the sink. Toys on the floor.I smiled because there was a time I had none of this. A time of one pot, one pan, and three-minute noodles. A time when there were no little toys on the floor.The mess wasn't chaos.
It was evidence of a full life.That morning became my first Little Non-Adventure.The things we rush past are often the things we once wished for.The life we are living right now is already the one worth capturing.