welcome to 2023

Welcome to my first newsletter of 2023! Better late than never, right? I didn’t exactly make resolutions this year, but I thought a lot about what I want more and less of this year, and I’m still thinking about and working on these things in February so I haven’t given up yet.

Some things on my list this year:

More

• Books

• Cooking for friends

• Being intentional about how to spend my free time

• Buying better quality (but overall fewer) clothes

Less

• Tiktok

• Takeout

• Amazon

• TV

• Letting my free time fill up mindlessly

And with that….here’s a bunch of links to great things I’ve been reading lately!

Good things to read

How Resy won the reservation wars, Eater.

Do you know how to behave? Are you sure? The Cut.

We’ve lost the plot, The Atlantic.

How Tiktok beat Instagram, Insider.

Lucky girl syndrome and the endless rebranding of “The Secret,” Vox.

Women have been misled about menopause, New York Times Magazine.

Dirty Soap, The Cut. A deep dive on what happened to The Laundress!

Your favorite tech giant wants you to know its a startup again, Vox.

‘Hood century’: How one man is redefining midcentury modern architecture, New York Times.

The rules according to Pamela Paul, The New Yorker.

The digital workplace is designed to bring you down, New York Times Magazine.

How much Netflix can the world absorb? The New Yorker.

What if we make affordable childcare about wellness? The Cut.

Glass skin, jello skin, glazed donut skin: Tiktok’s obsession with anti-aging comes to a head, Mashable.

The junkification of Amazon, New York Magazine.

Cooking

I’d actually love to turn the tables this week and hear your recipe recommendations. What have you cooked lately that you loved? I’m looking for inspiration! Leave ‘em in the comments.

Recommendations

A few books and other things I’ve consumed this year that I’ve enjoyed:

Anna: The Biography, by Amy O’Dell: a very comprehensive peek behind the curtain at fashion’s most powerful woman.

Screaming on the Inside: The Unsustainability of American Motherhood, by Jessica Grose

Shrinking: I only just started this show about a therapist played by Jason Segel this weekend but I’ve already watched all the episode available so far and can’t wait for more??? It’s on Apple TV+!