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Journalist and author of Can't Even: How Millennials Became the Burnout Generation; writes the newsletter Culture Study.
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Strand carry-on weekenderOther Herschel
The Carry-On Weekender-Bag I Swear By: Hershel Strand
A recommendations issue of her newsletter where each item carries its own labelled verdict, including things she regrets buying.
2019-10-22·annehelen.substack.com ↗
Social Print StudioService
The Service I Use to Turn My Instagrams Into Overpriced Little Magnets That I Really Love: Social Print Studio
A recommendations issue of her newsletter where each item carries its own labelled verdict, including things she regrets buying.
2019-10-22·annehelen.substack.com ↗
The SidestrokeOther Summersalt
Instagram-influenced purchase I regret not at all: The Summersalt Sidestroke
A recommendations issue of her newsletter where each item carries its own labelled verdict, including things she regrets buying.
2019-10-22·annehelen.substack.com ↗
Orijen dog foodOther Orijen
The Fancy Dogfood I Can Afford Because I Don’t Have Children And Makes The Dogs’ Fur So Lustrous: Orijen
A recommendations issue of her newsletter where each item carries its own labelled verdict, including things she regrets buying.
2019-10-22·annehelen.substack.com ↗
Olive, AgainBook Elizabeth Strout
Best Recent Book If You Like Crusty Self-Reflective WASPs from Maine: Olive, Again by Elizabeth Strout
A recommendations issue of her newsletter where each item carries its own labelled verdict, including things she regrets buying.
2019-10-22·annehelen.substack.com ↗
MindhunterOther
Best Recent Show For When There’s No More Law & Order SVU: Mindhunter
A recommendations issue of her newsletter where each item carries its own labelled verdict, including things she regrets buying.
2019-10-22·annehelen.substack.com ↗
Shampure Dry ShampooOther Aveda
The Dry Shampoo That Really Works for My Fine Blonde Hair That I Wash Once a Week: Aveda (Dry) Shampure
A recommendations issue of her newsletter where each item carries its own labelled verdict, including things she regrets buying.
2019-10-22·annehelen.substack.com ↗
PocketSoftware
Apps On My Phone That Make Reading and Keeping Up With the News Less Bonkers-Making: Pocket and Nuzzel
A recommendations issue of her newsletter where each item carries its own labelled verdict, including things she regrets buying.
2019-10-22·annehelen.substack.com ↗
NuzzelSoftware
Apps On My Phone That Make Reading and Keeping Up With the News Less Bonkers-Making: Pocket and Nuzzel
A recommendations issue of her newsletter where each item carries its own labelled verdict, including things she regrets buying.
2019-10-22·annehelen.substack.com ↗
Hotels.comService
Best Website to Book Hotels If You Do A Lot of Hotel-Booking: Hotels.com
A recommendations issue of her newsletter where each item carries its own labelled verdict, including things she regrets buying.
2019-10-22·annehelen.substack.com ↗
DigitService
Service That Algorithmically Subtracts Small Amounts of Money From Your Bank Account and is FDIC Insured And Made Me Save for Down Payments for a Car and a House: Digit
A recommendations issue of her newsletter where each item carries its own labelled verdict, including things she regrets buying.
2019-10-22·annehelen.substack.com ↗
Zero OdorOther
The Detergent That Actually Makes Your Exercise Clothes Not Reek And Trust Me I’ve Tried A Lot: Zero Odor
A recommendations issue of her newsletter where each item carries its own labelled verdict, including things she regrets buying.
2019-10-22·annehelen.substack.com ↗
Dinner: Changing the GameBook Melissa Clark
Favorite Newish Cookbook With Recipes I Actually Make: Dinner, Changing the Game
A recommendations issue of her newsletter where each item carries its own labelled verdict, including things she regrets buying.
2019-10-22·annehelen.substack.com ↗
WirecutterService
The Place to Go For Real Recommendations: Wirecutter
A recommendations issue of her newsletter where each item carries its own labelled verdict, including things she regrets buying.
2019-10-22·annehelen.substack.com ↗
Leuchtturm1917 Medium Week PlannerOther Leuchtturm1917
The Planner I Use Obsessively: Leuchtturm1917 Medium *Week* (Not Weekly) Planner
A recommendations issue of her newsletter where each item carries its own labelled verdict, including things she regrets buying.
2019-10-22·annehelen.substack.com ↗
Away suitcaseOther Away
The Cool Kid Suitcase I Found Pretty Meh: Away
A recommendations issue of her newsletter where each item carries its own labelled verdict, including things she regrets buying.
2019-10-22·annehelen.substack.com ↗
Brooklinen sheetsOther Brooklinen
Instagram-influenced purchase I regret most: Brooklinen sheets
A recommendations issue of her newsletter where each item carries its own labelled verdict, including things she regrets buying.
2019-10-22·annehelen.substack.com ↗
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What counts as old depends on the thing. A laptop praised four years ago has been replaced twice; a book loved twenty years ago is probably still loved. The shading is gone after about:
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