So, I needed a blog theme for Saturday, and therefore, instead of Five on a Friday, here are 7 on a Saturday. Some links that I absorbed this week:

This essay, about COVID quarantine, friendship and the way people come into our lives for a season.

https://harpers.org/archive/2021/01/these-precious-days-ann-patchett-psilocybin-tom-hanks-sooki-raphael/

I love following @thelaminimalist on instagram. She is who I would have liked to be if I was brave enough in my 20’s.

https://www.instagram.com/thelaminimalist/?hl=en

Looking forward to Cal Newport’s new book:

A World Without Email

This popped up the same day I started reading my friend’s book about cults:

https://susanorlean.medium.com/my-cultish-devotion-to-cults-117d46b090a0

A new post from my college bud, Molly:

http://mollyblaisdell.blogspot.com/

My reading “crack”. I now write money diaries for all my characters, as what we spend money on tells so much about us.

https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/money-diary

We joke about retiring and living in van, but we reek of privilege:

Living That Van Life, Before It Was a Hashtag

Have a great weekend!

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