I am a voracious reader and every week I come across either a book, online piece or website I want to share with others. I’ve decided to curate these gems and highlight them on Friday. I hope you find these faves as insightful as I do.
- I love collecting journals. Are you looking for a new journal? Check out 9 Beautiful Journals for People Who Love To Take Notes.
- How do you choose to end your emails? It turns out the way you end your email matters. Curious to see what ending brought the most responses? Find out in An analysis of 350,000 messages found the best way to end an email if you want a response.
- Do you procrastinate? Dr. Timothy A. Pychyl has a series of podcasts on understanding procrastination and tips on how to combat it. I’ve listened to a few and I am hooked.
- I don’t think this piece needs an introduction. Jocelyn Glei shares her thoughts on How to Reduce Your Anxiety about the News & Protect Your Psyche.
What were your favorite reads this week?
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That last one is so important. I wake up feeling sick sometimes, since January.
And Scarlet is a journal collector already! I didn’t start until I was 16.
I think it is cute that Scarlet is already collecting journals – so precious!
So much good stuff. Heading first to the one about the emails.
Thanks, Nina!