89. ☁️ soft day ☁️
thinking about sustaining myself
Hello, and happy Monday.
Tis the season of conferences—this past weekend was the Association for Asian American Studies Conference. I’ve been to and presented at three in the past month. Luckily, two of them had virtual options, so I didn’t have to travel much.
I hope that you all had a relaxing weekend! Because I was working most of the weekend, I am taking some of the week off in an effort to recalibrate my work-life balance. I like to call these days off my “soft days.”So, today’s newsletter will have some links for you and (of course) a pup-date. I’ll be back next week with our regularly scheduled programming. 🤗
🌀 Still consuming.
I guess the “original influencers” really were glossy magazines...
I need this cafe to open a location in Massachusetts immediately, thank you.
“But unfortunately, I do not have one foundational trauma. I have thousands. So my anxious freakouts are not, as the books say, “temporal.” They don’t only occur when I see an angry face or someone pulls a driver out of their golf bag. My freakouts are more or less constant, a fixed state of being.” Stephanie Foo on C-PTSD.
Jihii’s newsletter never disappoints!
Yanyi on Dream of the Divided Field, interviewed by Arya Roshanian for Electric Lit
Totally agree with this: TikTok comments are really what makes the platform unrivaled.
📖 Book club corner.
Friends! The people have spoken! For April’s book club, we will be reading Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer! I’m so excited!! Feel free to purchase the book here, and the details are below!
Here’s the event info:
Date & Time: Monday, April 25 @ 5PM PST/8PM EST
Registration Link!
Suggested Donation (for those able to donate): $3-10 through Paypal or Venmo (@idyalz)
You can learn more about the tiny driver book club here!
🐶 A pup-date.
Girlie has been enjoying a new blanket lately. Here she is resting on what is now rightfully hers:
As always, thanks so much for reading through, and I'll see you in the next one!
Warmly,
Ida