Weekend Recs #6: Hot messes, book swaps, and therapy-speak

Plus: defending the "beige-fluencers"

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This is Weekend Recs, a weekly send of ideas and diversions for your downtime.

Well, this is exciting: I learned last week that Downtime is now a bestseller on Substack! Whaaaat! Thank you so much for reading—and a special thanks to the paid subscribers who support this work. I hope you’re enjoying it so far, and there are lots more content columns and franchises to come as I experiment and play around. As always, I’m here for any ideas or suggestions on content you’d like to see. Cheers! x Alisha