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The Side Quest Directory

4 curated obsessions, ready when you are.

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4 quests
2 hrs/week Beginner

Learn to identify mushrooms by sight

Field guides, foraging walks, spore prints on your kitchen table. An obsession that turns every hike into a treasure hunt.

Perfect for: nature walkers, pattern thinkers, quiet rebels
1 hr/week Beginner

Learn the constellation map for your latitude

Step outside at night. Look up. Know every bright point by name. The oldest form of navigation, still quietly magical.

Perfect for: insomniacs, romantics, anyone with a rooftop
1 hr/month Beginner

Learn to read tide charts and plan a tidepool trip

Numbers become living things: surge, retreat, the moon's pull on the Pacific. Then you go see what was hiding.

Perfect for: beachgoers, scientists-at-heart, patient people
2 hrs/month Beginner

Ferment something you've never eaten before

Tepache. Kvass. Preserved lemons. Kimchi. Let time and microbes do their thing in a jar on your counter.

Perfect for: cooks, science lovers, patience-havers, gut-health nerds