HeyJaredthe weekly scrapbook
welcome to the weekly scrapbook: a collection of thoughts, reflections and experiences on what it means to navigate modern life
- Indexed issues, last 90 days
- 3
- Latest publication
- Sep 26, 2026
- Audience
- Checking…
- Earliest in this view
- Jul 8, 2026
Latest issues
start learning how to use the internet for more creative purposes (opens the original)
Read excerpt
The year is 2026, and the Internet is a place we go to consume. We consume other people’s thoughts, hidden ads, products we didn’t even know we needed disguised as recommendations. Scroll, consume, sometimes even buy. Scroll, consume, buy. The Internet has become a spiral, a rabbit hole that keeps pulling us in and does us no good.I recently said I like Substack more than other social media platforms because it inspires me to create. When I read what other peop
do you wanna be my pen-pal? 💌 (opens the original)
Read excerpt
I talk about the Internet a lot.It’s kind of my thing. I go on the Internet to talk about how much I hate the Internet, to connect with people on the Internet, to build a community in the exact place that I claim is breaking us all.I know, it’s ironic. But the irony is not lost on me.And yet, I don’t think the Internet is entirely horrible. If it wasn’t for it, I wouldn’t be here, sharing my thoughts with more than 26,000 people who, for some reason, seem to get me. (That
i got rid of my phone and i had to go back to therapy (opens the original)
Read excerpt
My phone died last month.It was as easy and as simple as that. I was heading to work on a normal day, right before the heatwave that has been taking over Europe over the past few weeks. Its battery died on the bus and, instead of being afraid, I felt like I could breathe for the first time in forever. I still remember that feeling: a deep sense of relief. All those times when I wanted to get rid of my phone but just couldn't had been settled by a slight turn of events.<p style="text-
Publishing over time
Last 90 days. Choose a month to open its work.
Recurring subjects
Named in the text we hold. One piece can cover several.
Audience
No verified audience measurement yet.
About this data
Counts cover the work we have indexed. Tone needs enough text and a confident classification. Excerpts and episode notes are not full articles or transcripts.
Identity or attribution wrong? Suggest a correction.