Four newsletters worth reading: Six at Six on Sunday by Billy Oppenheimer on performance and creativity, No Opinion by Noah Smith on economics and politics without bias, Perfect Sentences by Ingrid Burrington curating great writing, and Yahoo Sports AM by Kendall Baker with video highlights and commentary. They make reading feel like opening a window instead of homework.
Here's my advice if you want to read more but can't seem to pick up a book. Start smaller. Start with newsletters. Here are 4 that I read regularly. Number 1, Six at Six on Sunday by Billy Oppenheimer. Deeply researched, beautifully written stories about performance, creativity, and human behavior. Number 2, No Opinion by Noah Smith. He offers smart, eclectic takes on economics, politics, and the world, but without the usual ideological fog machine. Number 3, Perfect Sentences by Ingrid Burrington. Every Sunday, she sends the best sentences she read that week. That's it, and it's terrific. And number 4, Yahoo Sports AM by Kendall Baker. You don't have to be a sports fan to enjoy it, but it helps if you like astonishing video highlights. The point is this: if a book feels like too much, don't give up on reading, please. Just for now, lower the activation energy. A great newsletter can make reading feel less like homework. More like opening a window.
