HeyJaredFive Favorites
we only have so much time in this one life for books, meals, stories, and trips. here are the best ones i know of. a biweekly edit of the small things that make everyday life worth savoring.
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- Sep 16, 2026
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- Jul 9, 2026
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books i couldn’t put down, easy dessert, cozy games, and more. (opens the original)
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for the love of BLTs, a new bedding obsession, and one of the best books i’ve ever read (opens the original)
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I’m writing to you from the beach with the sun on my face and the wind in my hair!If only things were that breezy 😎Lately, I’ve been one foot in my new life across the bridge and one foot out back in my old SF neighborhood. I’m also one foot in the world of AI, for work (optimize my resume so a bot will deem me worthy of speaking to a human! value my writing skills despite the fact that you think AI can do the job for me!) and one big foot out, spending time on a big writing project and reading
How to keep Euro summer alive (without leaving home) (opens the original)
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You know those little “On this day…” photo memory notifications that pop up on your phone? They can be pesky. They can also serve as welcome reminders of highlights we captured in years past. But I didn’t need a notification to remind me that I’m not in Europe this summer. Unlike past years, I’m not village-hopping in Southwestern France or sampling pintxos in San Sebastián. It was a simple basket of strawberrie
the remote work debate, etsy rugs, easy grilling recipes, and more. (opens the original)
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I’m on week four of documenting and sharing the small, beautiful things from everyday that I might otherwise not notice. I call it “mes petits bonheurs”, French for the things that make me happy — just because, well, that also makes me happy.It’s been fun to share a bit more of my daily life with you all on Notes. (Do you all have the Substack app? Or a… Read more
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