📰The Gazette #1: The Week of Resetting
In this first issue in this format, you'll find a live-streaming announcement, my yearbook tradition, our first podcast episode of the new year, my "book of the year" from 2019-2025, and more!
Hi Friday night readers,
Live Streaming Announcement!
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I’ll add that there will be gifts for live attendees! Hope you’ll tune in.
Side note: I think livestreaming will be big in 2026 and hope to do more of it around here. This one with Amy Suto, the author of Write For Money and Power, is my first one! By the way, this new book of hers is already an Amazon bestseller, and the preorder price is an absolute steal. Yes, I grabbed it.
On My Radar: Yearbooks
This week, I want to encourage you to get your photos off your phone! I always do this right around this time of year (for the past decade or so).
I curate my best photos throughout the year, then spend just about one hour on Shutterfly compiling them into a yearbook. That’s really all it takes. Easy peasy!— and an analog final product that preserves your memories in tangible form.
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In Case You Missed It
Posts
This week on Substack, we dove really deep into reading goal ideas (so many unique ones to make your reading year bespoke).
I also shared what’s changing here in 2026 (lots of great stuff, including advocacy benefits when you upgrade to a founding membership that supports teachers in need).
Lastly, I released our first podcast episode of the year—in the new format, focused on the books from Gilmore Girls this year, not an episode-by-episode rewatch.
Notes
In case you aren’t on the Substack app or just missed it, here is a recap of my favorite notes. Notes are like a social media feed, but without all the doomscrolling!
Weekly Exclusives
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My “high” and “low” of the week: including what Gilmore Girls star reached out to me via email— yes, really!
Reviews of what I read (and DNF) that week: including a tech tell-all more shocking than Careless People.