A blogger I follow, Fritz from The Retirement Manifesto, published a list of 20 Ways To Be Happier In Life on Wednesday. Here it is: Maintain a positive attitude Focus on what you can control Hike your own hike Be curious Create balance Be generous Get out of your rut Get outside Exercise Get a [...]

In an absolute February lull

RE: Gamestop and r/wallstreetbets A friend sent me this response to last week’s newsletter: “Only thing I’d add is that money is a platform, and the ultra-wealthy have done the inverse of renewing their responsibility. They’re clearly shirking it and are acutely self-interested.” I had originally written last week that all of these populist heroes [...]

Ugh. Just deleted work.

Musical stupidity and running update

This week has brought a viral story that feels like it belongs back in the Trump era: members of the Reddit group r/wallstreetbets have driven up the stock price of bygone companies like GameStop, AMC Theaters and Nokia, and everyone’s freaking out about it. It’s way more complicated than that, but it feels ridiculous summarizing [...]

Trying something new

I’ve titled this week’s newsletter with the one line I jotted down from President Biden’s inauguration. In a well-written speech that at times felt pretty lifeless, the line seemed to come straight from Biden, not his speechwriters: “Hear me out as we move forward. Take a measure of me and my heart. If you still [...]

As I said last week, my plan for the first newsletter of January was to take stock of what I’d written in 2020, and think through where I was headed in the coming year. That got pushed to this week’s edition because of the country’s disastrous politics. Last Sunday marked my 38th consecutive email. For [...]