Hello friend,

I hope you've had a great week.

Today's digest combines some of my favourite topics: the arts, health, productivity systems, ambition, apps, and... yogurt. Yes, I love a good yogurt 🤣

Please enjoy today's eclectic offering.

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✏️ Doodle Essays

This week's doodle is about a sometimes forgotten pillar of health: the arts. It was inspired by Daisy Fancourt's fantastic book, Art Cure. I had the pleasure of seeing Daisy speak at the Guernsey Literary Festival last month. You can read some of my reflections in this week's doodle essay.

📚 Read

Here are some articles from other creators I thought you might enjoy:

• James Stanier shares his daily personal management system comprising three steps: gather, decide, execute.
• Rebecca Knight (HBR) writes about what happens when your ambition starts to exhaust you and provides five questions to reflect on.
• Sam William gives us 17 ways to escape a dopamine hole (I've just done a doodle on this topic which I will share soon).

If you're curious about the books I'm reading, you can see my library in Notion here: Martine's Library.

In light of this week's essay, it would be rude not to firmly recommend Art Cure by Daisy Fancourt.

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📺 Watch

Today's video selection is going to appear a little off topic, but please bear with me... it's a great tutorial on how to make yogurt at home.

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Yes, I've been making yogurt. I made mine in my Instant Pot, but the process is basically the same as shown in the video.

Did you know yogurt is a fermented food? If you've followed me for a while, you will know I am a keen fermenter and read a lot about the health benefits of fermented foods. If you're looking for a great introduction to fermentation, I always recommend this book.

It turns out yogurt is actually easy to make, delicious, and cost effective. You can also make it dairy free, although please check the process for this as I only used full fat Guernsey milk for mine. Let me know if you try making your own.

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🧰 Tools

I've been testing a health app called Bevel lately (Apple only, sorry), and I am impressed. I'm on the free plan and find it gives an accessible snapshot of all my health data on any given day. It's a little like the user experience of Whoop, without the extra device (I already wear an Apple Watch).

This is the Bevel widget on my home screen at the time of writing (I'm heading out for a run shortly):

And, while this last recommendation isn't technically a tool, it is a helpful mental reframe if you are trying to reduce the time you spend on social media apps right now:

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That's all from me today. Have a great week, and I will be in touch again next weekend.

Best wishes,

Martine

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