80. Little Deaths/Delights

What to do When it Won't Stop Snowing

Hello hello.

It is the afternoon of New York's second big snow storm this year. What I did not stock up in in groceries, I have happily countered with books. This is the sort of weather that makes you grateful for remote work, even if it is a little lonely. The sort of weather that makes a hot cup of coffee especially delightful and makes peeking outside an act of awe.

I'm sort of like a child in the sense that I love being outside and I actually really love winter too, even if the tail end of it is quite long. The only thing I don't like is being cooped up inside, which will be my challenge for the day. In lieu of three deaths and delights, I present a list of stuff to do with your snow day, between calls or after you shut your laptop.

Stuff to do on your snow day

• reread something you abandoned the first time and finally figure out why it didn't land

• make a real pot of coffee and drink it slowly before you look at your phone

• rearrange your bookshelf by color, by theme, or by the version of yourself that bought each one

• open a Hot Literati Guided Journal and actually do the work — you've had it open in a tab long enough

• write a letter to someone you've been meaning to tell something to

• make your apartment feel like homier: fresh flowers if you have them, order real blanket, every surface that bothers you dealt with

• catch up on the Hot Literati Blog

• pick one idea from the last book you read and follow it somewhere new: an essay, a rabbit hole, a conversation with yourself in your journal

• cook something that requires actual attention — follow a real recipe, no shortcuts, music on

• light every candle you own, put your phone in another room, and just read for two hours straight

• print out a Hot Literati Reading Companion and start it today — you have nowhere to be

• pull out a physical book you bought because it made you look smart and actually start it

• deep clean one room slowly, put on a podcast or audiobook

• sit down with How to Think Better and actually finish a module — the whole thing, start to finish

• write down every book you've actually finished in the last year — be honest

• make a reading list for the next 90 days like you mean it and post it (tag us <3)

• sit with the uncomfortable question the last good book left you with and finally write your answer down

Book Club

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We asked you all on Instagram for some picks and the options below are from those answers.

Ok that's all! Stay warm, hang out, try to have a nice time.

See you all on the flip side.

xo

hailo