1. An American Disease. “Anders Carlson-Wee on Dumpster Diving in a Culture of Waste.”

2. How I’ve Changed My Thinking About Burnout on Culture Study, which suggests, “burnout is caused by 1) problems on the societal level (lack of social safety net, precarity, dealing with being a person in your particular body with your particular identity in the world); 2) problems at the level of the workplace (policies, norms, work culture, productivity expectations); but also 3) problems on the level of the individual (self-value derived exclusively through work, inability to adhere to guardrails against overwork set by yourself and others, obsession with micro-management).”

3. How to Ask for Attention as an Introvert.

4. Thich Nhat Hanh’s 5 Practices to Nurture Happiness on Lion’s Roar. “The late Thich Nhat Hanh taught these five practices to nourish daily happiness, offering a pathway to transform suffering into understanding, compassion, and joy.”

5. Project resistance from Seth Godin.

6. Trees on A Grace Full Life. It makes me happy that other people geek out on trees like I do. Here are some of my favorites. And I don’t mean favorite kinds, I mean specific individual or stands of trees.

7. 99 Inexpensive Ways To Slow Down And Enjoy The Present Moment from Courtney Carver on Be More With Less.

8. We Alive, Beloved by Frederick Joseph. “Cover reveal, preorder, and plans to support Palestinians and Congolese.”

9. deep breath, full life, can’t lose from Karen Walrond on Chookooloonks.

10. What the Mermaids Sang, a poem from Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer.

11. What Place Do You Write From? from Jami Attenberg.

12. We think you’ll like this essay from Danny Gregory.

13. What do you long to say? from Patti Digh. “It’s the unfurling, the diving into, the deeply human recognitions that burn most brightly.”

14. Seasons and the psyche. “SAD isn’t the only example of a seasonal impact on our psychological functioning. In fact, it’s the proverbial tip of the iceberg, write Ian Hohm at the University of British Columbia and colleagues in a new paper in Perspectives on Psychological Science. As the team reports, recent work has documented seasonal impacts on everything from generosity to colour preferences.”

15. Introducing: The Essay Series from Summer Brennan on The Writer’s Notebook. “A rough guide to the different kinds of essays you may find yourself wanting to write.”

16. What to expect when your in-laws are expecting charcuterie. (Facebook reel) Funny, because it’s true.

17. Nature’s Hidden Beauty. (Facebook reel)

18. Working conditions. (Facebook reel)

19. Embroidered Leaf Artist from 60 second docs (video). “Laura Dalla Vecchia from Guaratuba, Brazil embroiders dry leaves. The leaf embroidery artist discovered the art form experimenting one day, and has since been creating works inspired by native Brazilian birds.”

20. “The Feelings Song” by Heidi Rojas. (video)

21. “Unhinged” by Elyse Myers | Unofficial Version. (video)

22. ‘I’m a sex symbol? That makes me embarrassed’: Monty Don on love, class and his future on Gardeners’ World. “He has presented the same show for 20 years, been married to the same woman for 40, yet his life refuses to stand still. Don talks about his unhappy childhood, his failed first career – and his war on fake grass.”

23. I Just Lost A Dog For The First Time. Here’s What I Learned About Surviving Pet Loss.

24. Olga Prinku Grafts Blooms and Branches Into Expansive Embroideries.