Do hobbies have to be hard?

Academic baggage, hobbies, and junk journaling

I’ve been writing a very personal essay since July that I am still too nervous to press send on. I need to figure out the ending. In the meantime, I have a still personal essay on hobbies, but also on being good at school and how that shows up in my brain more than a decade after graduation. There will be no Thursday newsletter next week because I’m deep in work on the gift guide, which is a time consuming endeavor. I’m excited to share it with you in November.

In the meantime, I’m always here to answer subscriber questions and share personalized recommendations! And please join our chat from earlier this week and share your favorite soup recipe!

Let’s get into it.