The Sunday Digest 048
Let's all take a deeeeep breath.
Welcome to The Sunday Digest — a free Sunday newsletter featuring long (and some short) reads, original columns, things I’ve saved over the last week, relaxing playlists, episodes releases, exclusive product drops, and more. Yes, you can reply to this email. I’d love to hear from you. Or, if podcasts are more your speed on Sundays, we’ve got that too.
New Episode › Stress vs. Worry, The Spring Cleaning Meditation, and Listener Questions
A look at the difference between stressing over something and worrying about something, a meditation for anyone who needs motivation to spring clean this month, and a series of listener questions that include thoughts on wallpaper, a prediction for Drink of the Summer, rent-shaming people who don't own houses, seating at couples dinners, and the one daily habit that brings me peace.
Listen to today’s episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and anywhere else podcasts are found.
Sunday Read: We Will Never Reach Peak Croissant
by Julia Moskin for The New York Times
This week on The Sunday Scaries Podcast, someone asked me which daily task brings me the most peace. Spoiler: It’s cleaning and organizing. But recently, my Sundays have had another routine massaged into them that I think could make a splash if only it was more sustainable — pastries. My son has shown that he enjoys a donut with sprinkles while I take down my blueberry scone.
Croissants? Morning buns? Muffins? Nothing is off-limits when we arrive at our favorite bakery which makes this week’s Sunday Read all the more topical. Here’s an excerpt:
It’s been a decade since the pastry chef Dominique Ansel broke with centuries of European tradition by deep-frying a round of croissant dough, then filling and frosting it like a jelly doughnut. The colorful Cronut became the internet’s first celebrity pastry, generating media attention and long lines for monthly limited-edition drops.
While other pastry trends have come and gone (cake pops, anyone?), professional bakers continue to push the limits of what croissants can do.
Read in full here.
The Sunday Haiku: “Someone went day-drinking.”
34 missed texts,
Forgot to plug my phone in,
Ten hours of sleep, though.
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