Every week, I share the most interesting and inspiring content I’ve read lately here on my blog: thoughts on productivity, happiness, politics, and more. Subscribe here.

First and foremost: Oprah has a podcast now. I have been hella inspired (and a little teary-eyed) all week as a result. Listen!

Maxine Waters inspires the heck out of me. Let’s all reclaim our time!

Absolutely hilarious and so refreshing.

File under: things I want to do with my Bullet Journal next!

Love your dad because he’s your father, because he made you, because he thinks for himself, and most of all because he is a person. Have the strength to doubt and question what you believe as easily as you’re so quick to doubt his beliefs. And if you do pick a side, pick the side of love. It remains our only real hope for survival and has more power to save us than any other belief we could ever cling to. This is good advice for any time we are baffled or hurt by the beliefs of people around us.

Don’t be a victim of the Sunk Cost Fallacy. It’s such a struggle, but I see people (and myself) falling for it all the time.

As a Questioner, I’m storing away this article about a possible link between sugar and depression as more motivation to avoid eating it.

This video of another side of Jim Carrey inspires me to make more stuff, do more art, and give in to my creative impulses.

Reminder: you can change your life. You can make different choices, starting from today.

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Speaking of changing your life by making little choices – guys, I started sleeping with my phone (also my wake up alarm) charging in the kitchen last week and OH MY GOODNESS. This is a thing I have heard about doing and thought about doing for approximately ten years, all the while being like “Why can’t I wake up earlier??” Yeah, surprise, putting your alarm outside your bedroom actually does work, but you actually have to, in fact, do it first. Let my idiocy be a lesson you can learn from. I have been so much more productive and balanced. Yay me!

This weekend we are seeing family friends and I’m so excited to see everyone – including the puppy. Follow along on Instagram stories, if you like. I hope you have a wonderful weekend too. xo.

PS. Last week I updated my Archive page to make it prettier and more functional. Explore almost 10 years (!!!) of posts here.

I loved seeing what Tara noticed about NYC. Her photos are always stunning.

I made these brownies again recently for a friends’ birthday and they were as delightful as I remembered.

Looking for something good to watch? For me the answer is generally “no” but there look to be some good recommendations here!

I signed up for email newsletters this week from BlogTO, our local resource for all things Toronto, and already I feel more connected to what’s going on in the city. Would highly recommend this move for whatever city you live in.

Revisionist History is amazing this season. We all need to be listening to it – not just interesting, but important.

I just started reading Overwhelmed and I can already tell it’s going to be a game-changer for me.

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The week flew by, especially considering that I only got home Tuesday night. What a wonderful time I had in New York with people who make me so happy. I am also excited to be home, and am feeling refreshed and inspired to: be on my phone less, take care of myself more, and spend more time being peaceful. I anticipate that the book I mentioned above will help with that! I hope you have wonderful weekends without too much noise. xo.

Reading this post makes me so inspired to tackle a big creative project.

Going on a trip soon? Here are some helpful/hilarious tips for airplane (or really any kind of) travel.

I mostly already do this, but when I double-checked, I was amazed at how many apps still had notifications turned on! Such a good idea for better productivity.

I believe this in my bones: you can be woke without waking up to the news.

Very excited to try out a spending diet + earning spree combo when I get home!

We made frosé yesterday and it was epic. That is all.

“If there’s some task that just thinking about it fills you with dread, then it’s probably worth considering whether you can afford to buy your way out of it.” 

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I’m happily still here in New York and can say without a doubt that a) I needed a vacation, and b) I am so inspired and relaxed thanks to taking one. It’s refreshing to get away from my day-to-day lifestyle so that I can take a step back and start to see ways that I can be even happier once I’m back home in Toronto. I feel so grateful to be able to take this break – less technology, fewer notifications, more exploring. I hope you’re having an amazing weekend too! xo.