An impromptu escape to Portland.
Click. Read. Love. is coming to you on a Tuesday morning this week, because if there is anything I have embraced this summer, it is the complete abandonment of routine. This is not something I normally enjoy, but I’ve found myself craving, or at the very least making space for, a looser approach to daily life.
As a result I’ve spent mornings drinking coffee with a book, enjoyed sunrises and sunsets, shuttled snails across walkways along the coast, took a last minute trip to Portland (11/10 recommend), perused bookstores (and picked up new books I knew nothing about), hiked with friends, played tennis, made tons of meals at home, went for swims after dinner, and redecorated on a whim (without buying anything!).
I wouldn’t say this easygoing approach is permanent, though I am willing to embrace a bit more of it. I admit I’m starting to crave more of a routine. Perhaps the most meaningful thing I’ve taken away from this experiment is that there is room for both. Maybe a good life is found somewhere between spontaneity and structure.
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In this week’s Click. Read. Love.
Private equity’s latest victim, youth sports
How is our reliance on GPS impacting our brains?
Lessons to be learned from the Lindsay Clancy trial
The major issue uniting Americans, data centers
Why nobody should be letting AI make decisions for them
The connection between the longevity craze and the current chaos of the world we’re living in
Some fun links because not everything has to be depressing, lol
and more!
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