Weekly things
Spending time offline, complaints, and worry
Things to read
ICYMI: When things get soggy
- published another companion piece to his dopamine culture essay exploring five ways to break free from scrolling
I thoroughly enjoyed perusing the archive of
by — a delightful mix of quotes, links, and reflections on the joys of the offline world. A great place to start is this list of of 100 ways to spend time offline
A thing to try
State the request under the complaint — in a recent issue of The Joyletter, author Ingrid Fetell Lee shared how a complaint is just an unexpressed request. When we find that request, we can also find action. As she writes:
“So ‘I hate small talk’ is a request to talk about something deeper. ‘There's nothing good to watch’ is a request for help finding something more entertaining.
Reframing a complaint as a request is a way of turning dissatisfaction from passive griping into active problem-solving. You can do this for yourself, but you can also do it with others. When you're annoyed by someone's complaining, try …