Three Things for Your Weekend

#7: August 23, 2024

Welcome to this week’s roundup of three things I’ve been enjoying!

P.S.: there won’t be a longer piece this Sunday as I’ll be in a field at summer camp. Speak to you next week!

• 📕 Tiny Beautiful Things* - Cheryl Strayed. (*ad - Amazon affiliate link) I was an Advice Pages Kid. Every time I got a new issue of Mizz magazine (RIP) I would flick through to the problems page or - even better - the ‘cringe’ stories. As an adult, I have found reading advice columns to be fascinating - they’re a real reminder that you never know the behind-the-scenes of other people’s lives. It was on the recommendation of Ariel Bissett from Books Unbound podcast that I downloaded Tiny Beautiful Things from my library’s ebook service, and it was perfect for dipping into a few pages at a time while travelling earlier this month.

• 🚰 Phizz hydration tablets. The week or so of extra-warm weather earlier this summer reminded me how much of a difference it makes to how I feel when I remember to drink enough water. Sometimes, though, plain water just doesn’t do the trick - and I pop one of these into a glass to get some extra goodness. Especially useful when it’s hot and I’m busy running around, or the morning after a late night.

• 🎧 The Ezra Klein Show. This isn’t one of my always-download podcasts, but over the last few weeks, there have been a number of banger episodes on Ezra Klein’s podcast feed. I especially recommend listening to this interview with Tim Walz (recorded before he was announced as Kamala Harris’s running mate) and this discussion with risk expert Nate Silver.

Noticed something a bit different? For the next couple of months I’m trying out separating my weekly recommendations out from the ‘thinkier’ piece that goes along with them. Let’s see how it goes - I’d love to hear any thoughts.

Last week’s longer newsletter: