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Lynn Rogi's avatar

After reading (and associating with) the How to forget what you read article it reminded me how often I say “Why did I save/highlight this quote?” when I go back to it. Often it just doesn’t resonate later. That tells me it wasn’t the exact words I read/saved/organized but the feelings that came up in the moment that are important. Feelings don’t need to be “organized” to be valuable or available later. I guess this is another way of saying “reading to shape your sensibility”.

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Melanie's avatar

Hi Sarai,

I just want to say how much I have been enjoying your newsletter. I am the type of person who signs up to a lot of emails and only reads about one in ten of them, if that. I have read every single one of your newsletters and haven't regretted it. Everything you discuss and share has been really relatable and has helped me see things I experience in a different or more clear light.

I especially related to this one. I ,too, tend to equate my house being messy with my life being unmanageable, and so I obsessively tidy in order to calm that feeling instead of letting things be messy and making time for things I think I don't have time for (because I'm too busy tidying). It's incredible how much space we can open in our lives and minds with a simple check-in and shift of perspective.

Thanks for all the awesome work you do - you really are an inspiration to me.

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