Beware the energy-sucking monsters
Oh, hi friends!
Before you do anything today, ask yourself:
Is this about to be an energy-giving activity or an energy-sucking activity?
Applies to everything!
Pay attention to what—and who—is sucking the life out of you, and suddenly you’ll have so much more to give.
“Like most people living in a metropolitan area, I am tired. My right hip aches because I’m a 31-year-old geriatric. My scalp is dry—but, some consolation, not as dry as my face. My energy is zapped after one exhausting subway ride, and eating dinner after 9 p.m. comes with obligatory dessert: a bottle of Tums.
I'd heard good things about bone broth. I'd heard it can restore your body to its pre-pubescent stage when you could eat Hot Cheetos and pizza for lunch every day and see no ill effects. The broth is supposedly an immune system booster, and its gelatin ‘heals and seals’ the gut and does wonders for your hair, nails, and joints. So, last month, I spent a week on a bone broth cleanse with the hopes of emerging as uncorrupted as a newborn and with a newfound appreciation for drinking boiled animal parts.”
Sooo, I went on a bone broth diet and stuff got weird!!! I wrote all about it for Bon Appetit’s Healthyish.
Plus, three more recent stories I wrote...
How a new partnership will change the way movie studios advertise to TV audiences—this fascinates me! (For V by Viacom)
Talking to strangers improves your travel experience—and doesn’t have to be awkward. (For The Points Guy)
Finally, I’ve been having a love affair with email batching—I try *very hard* to corral my inbox time to noon or after 6pm. It’s a work in progress. (For The New York Times’ Smarter Living section)
What I’m reading in the morning: The Collected Plays of Neil Simon: Volume Two.
What I’m reading in the evening: The Dud Avocado by Elaine Dundy.
Digital things I’m finally reading this weekend: Olivia de Havilland is 101 and she’s (rightfully) suing everyone.
A definitive profile of the great Bernadette Peters.
This TIME cover story about Greta Gerwig.
All these great articles about Nora Ephron I’ve already read but will read again.
And the best products from Trader Joe’s. (Ha!)
What are you doing this weekend? You should see my brother Eric’s latest play, Life Brief & Glorious—it's terrific! Six more chances to see the show at the IRT Theater in the West Village. It’s a modern retelling of the events before the fall of Troy, seen through the eyes of the women responsible for holding the city together. Go here and use the new discount code TROY15 for $5 off your tickets.
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Thanks, as always, for reading.
Love, Kara