I love this conversation about lucky months! I love summer months, but don’t count them especially lucky.
HOWEVER, I have very strong feeling about time + luck. 12:34 is very lucky to my mind, and I love to catch it on the clock. And my husband thinks this is nuts, but I also think it is *unlucky* to set an alarm for a round number. I would never set it to 6:30…always 6:32 or something like that. (This thought process seems extra strange typed out, but I will persevere with posting ;)
Julie! I love this comment and our long online friendship. I had never considered the luckiness of 12:34, but now that you've told me, I'm going to keep an eye out for it! And, if anything, you should show this thread to your husband and he will see that you are not nuts in the least!
I'd prefer you pick the schedule that will work best for you to be able to maintain it. Some of us will read as soon as you publish and others, like me, will read when I have, regardless of your publication schedule. I want you to be able to keep at it, so please pick what works best for you and all the things that are important to you!
After reading Rebecca’s comment re the newsletter question, I’d like to change my vote! Lol. I now see the sense in a single email that I can enjoy at leisure. I’ve never really thought about favorite months, but would have to agree with your choices. For me, January and February are the absolute worst. Dreary and cold (for California) weather, the post Christmas let-down, and lots of birthday time self-pity leads to depression. I’ve been on the hunt for a small, but not too small very lightweight crossbody bag. I don’t “do” black anymore and don’t love the blue gingham…I want card slots…and on and on. It’s no wonder I can’t find one to suit!
I don't know that I have lucky months exactly, but October & June are GOOD months for me. (And truly this is not entirely choice based because why June? I am not a summer creature.) February is the BAD month. The worst. I've been thinking about getting a clearance advent calendar and saving it for Februruary to have a tiny daily boost to get me through.
Re: newsletter length: I faithfully read Post Secret and Design Scouting with my Sunday morning coffee, so I would definitely enjoy an even longer format. I'd also happily tune in for a midweek nibble, but I think those would get burried in the work week and skipped more than I'd like.
I love the little thrill of connection as I read this each week, sweet friend! Corn Chex are in heavy rotation here (T never ate cereal with milk until a couple summers ago at camp when he discovered the joy of corn Chex with milk and sugar sprinkled on top); I’m not a huge cereal eater but they’re the exception along with frosted mini wheats!
And I have many of the Uniqlo purse (had plain ones in black and orange and couldn’t resist the Marimekko ones) but I have had that black gingham in my cart since not buying it in Japan in March. They are perfect bags; I use them for everything including day bag when traveling—somehow they’re fine with just wallet/phone keys but also can hold a kindle or book and a small sweater in a pinch?? I still daydream about that Clare V. woven bag you had that time we went to Felipe’s but these are so lightweight and carefree!
Re the newsletter question: I am trying to keep my face out of screens (or, I guess, only in them thoughtfully and for a purpose) so I keep my post/blog reading for Friday night after I get home from my school week (shout out for public education, y'all!). In my search for conscious engagement with posts I deliberately choose, a longer single post works far better than a bunch of small ones which I tend to ignore. Thanks for asking.
And. . . re the months: I love November, and I realize it's because when I used to coach fall sports, it was the month when they were over, and suddenly I had time again--time to notice the beautiful light, time to curl up with a book, time to do other things in the afternoons. I've always loved November as a "take a breath" month before the hubbub of December and the hard winter of January!
Oh thank you for the insight! I have a similar feeling about choosing longer posts that I read on Saturday mornings (Grace Atwood's Saturday Group Txt is a fav!) so that is why I hadn't branched out into shorter/more newsletters as it felt like it might become "noise" - tricky to know how to balance the content. Would you be okay with an additional section or two of the Sunday newsletter (sometimes Dopamine Hits, sometimes the interview series?) or would it be better to keep it the current length and alternate the sections? (this is getting into the weeds, lol) xoxoxo Abbey
100% "longer length" (:)) is my jam--then I can still choose whether to continue (and I usually do, BTW!). Different topics or formats within those longer posts don't impact me much. As you said, the "noise" is the problem, because it's the gateway drug to time lost in random snippets of info. However, that is only my vote, and I am both over 60 (how the heck did that happen?) and "an English teacher very ambivalent about our current snippet approach to . . . um. . . everything".
I love this conversation about lucky months! I love summer months, but don’t count them especially lucky.
HOWEVER, I have very strong feeling about time + luck. 12:34 is very lucky to my mind, and I love to catch it on the clock. And my husband thinks this is nuts, but I also think it is *unlucky* to set an alarm for a round number. I would never set it to 6:30…always 6:32 or something like that. (This thought process seems extra strange typed out, but I will persevere with posting ;)
Julie! I love this comment and our long online friendship. I had never considered the luckiness of 12:34, but now that you've told me, I'm going to keep an eye out for it! And, if anything, you should show this thread to your husband and he will see that you are not nuts in the least!
I'd prefer you pick the schedule that will work best for you to be able to maintain it. Some of us will read as soon as you publish and others, like me, will read when I have, regardless of your publication schedule. I want you to be able to keep at it, so please pick what works best for you and all the things that are important to you!
Also, on the cereal front, I’ve been eating Raisin Bran topped with Trader Joe’s toasted sliced almonds and it is SO good!
After reading Rebecca’s comment re the newsletter question, I’d like to change my vote! Lol. I now see the sense in a single email that I can enjoy at leisure. I’ve never really thought about favorite months, but would have to agree with your choices. For me, January and February are the absolute worst. Dreary and cold (for California) weather, the post Christmas let-down, and lots of birthday time self-pity leads to depression. I’ve been on the hunt for a small, but not too small very lightweight crossbody bag. I don’t “do” black anymore and don’t love the blue gingham…I want card slots…and on and on. It’s no wonder I can’t find one to suit!
I don't know that I have lucky months exactly, but October & June are GOOD months for me. (And truly this is not entirely choice based because why June? I am not a summer creature.) February is the BAD month. The worst. I've been thinking about getting a clearance advent calendar and saving it for Februruary to have a tiny daily boost to get me through.
Re: newsletter length: I faithfully read Post Secret and Design Scouting with my Sunday morning coffee, so I would definitely enjoy an even longer format. I'd also happily tune in for a midweek nibble, but I think those would get burried in the work week and skipped more than I'd like.
I have never played exquisite corpse. It was a revelation to me to watch the Moma video! Thank you for this link. I love the surrealists.
I love the little thrill of connection as I read this each week, sweet friend! Corn Chex are in heavy rotation here (T never ate cereal with milk until a couple summers ago at camp when he discovered the joy of corn Chex with milk and sugar sprinkled on top); I’m not a huge cereal eater but they’re the exception along with frosted mini wheats!
And I have many of the Uniqlo purse (had plain ones in black and orange and couldn’t resist the Marimekko ones) but I have had that black gingham in my cart since not buying it in Japan in March. They are perfect bags; I use them for everything including day bag when traveling—somehow they’re fine with just wallet/phone keys but also can hold a kindle or book and a small sweater in a pinch?? I still daydream about that Clare V. woven bag you had that time we went to Felipe’s but these are so lightweight and carefree!
Re the newsletter question: I am trying to keep my face out of screens (or, I guess, only in them thoughtfully and for a purpose) so I keep my post/blog reading for Friday night after I get home from my school week (shout out for public education, y'all!). In my search for conscious engagement with posts I deliberately choose, a longer single post works far better than a bunch of small ones which I tend to ignore. Thanks for asking.
And. . . re the months: I love November, and I realize it's because when I used to coach fall sports, it was the month when they were over, and suddenly I had time again--time to notice the beautiful light, time to curl up with a book, time to do other things in the afternoons. I've always loved November as a "take a breath" month before the hubbub of December and the hard winter of January!
Oh thank you for the insight! I have a similar feeling about choosing longer posts that I read on Saturday mornings (Grace Atwood's Saturday Group Txt is a fav!) so that is why I hadn't branched out into shorter/more newsletters as it felt like it might become "noise" - tricky to know how to balance the content. Would you be okay with an additional section or two of the Sunday newsletter (sometimes Dopamine Hits, sometimes the interview series?) or would it be better to keep it the current length and alternate the sections? (this is getting into the weeds, lol) xoxoxo Abbey
100% "longer length" (:)) is my jam--then I can still choose whether to continue (and I usually do, BTW!). Different topics or formats within those longer posts don't impact me much. As you said, the "noise" is the problem, because it's the gateway drug to time lost in random snippets of info. However, that is only my vote, and I am both over 60 (how the heck did that happen?) and "an English teacher very ambivalent about our current snippet approach to . . . um. . . everything".