Life lately

Pepper has reached a new milestone: walking!

HP is entertaining both himself and E with homemade arcade games, inspired by this video.

Reading lately

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Abby read Dietland by Sarai Walker and Sarah read Atomic Habits by James Clear.

Improving ourselves

We discuss what we think of the self-improvement industry generally, our favorite self-help books and resources, and what does not work for us when trying to make changes. Here are the links we mentioned in the show:

• Tiny Beautiful Things by Cheryl Strayed
• Dear Sugars podcast
• Glennon Doyle and her memoirs (Carry On, Warrior; Love Warrior; and Untamed)
• Clear Your Clutter with Feng Shui by Karen Kingston
• The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo
• You Can Buy Happiness (and It’s Cheap) by Tammy Strobel
• Frugalwoods blog and Meet the Frugalwoods by Elizabeth Willard Thames
• The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing To Our Brains by Nicholas Carr
• Bored and Brilliant: How Spacing Out Can Unlock Your Most Creative and Productive Self by Manoush Zomorodi
• Gretchen Rubin’s podcast Happier and her books (The Happiness Project, Happier at Home, and Better Than Before)
• Deep Work and Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport
• By the Book podcast
• Habitbull app
• Calm app
• Pedometer

Eating lately

Sarah made hot fudge sauce and Abby is enjoying cabbage cooked in the Instant Pot.

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