Newsletters on Life

Psychology to Make You Smarter. Psych newsletter explains psychological phenomena and shows how you can use psychology to your advantage. Being a certified social psychologist Vaibhav aims to help readers better understand these concepts to improve their personal and professional life. He believes that by reframing your perspectives, getting your thoughts in order, and taking actionable steps you can move toward a happier, healthier life. Each issue has a format: the author explains the psychological concepts, explains why it’s important and describes when and where it occurs. You can expect posts on different theories, such as Cognitive Reappraisal, Tragic Optimism, the Rashomon Effect, and many more, which you'll be able to use to your best advantage. Subscribe to Psych to understand your thought process better, and learn how to reconstruct the limiting patterns that are holding you back.

Build a more fulfilling career by integrating work with your life. The Jungle Gym is a newsletter full of ideas on how to manage your career and work smarter. Nick deWilde aims to share insights about the changing nature of work to help you make better choices about your life and career. The author publishes three different types of emails: The Essay - a long-form article on the relevant topic, The Keyring - exchange with a domain expert about tools, methods, and frameworks they use to make progress in their careers and The Roundup - riffs and recommendations of good content Nick has been reading lately.  Subscribe for topics ranging from Twitter addiction and working for the internet to in’s and out’s of platform branding. 

Bringing you inside the workspaces of inspiring creatives.  Workspaces is a twice-weekly newsletter that lets you peek into the surroundings of other creatives. Work, whether it’s a job, a side project, or a creative outlet is a big part of our lives, so looking at the workspaces you’re getting a glimpse of people’s personalities. The newsletter features beautiful pictures of the workspace and its surroundings as well as a complimentary list of hardware and software in use. Think of video editing tools, noise-canceling headphones, and sometimes even books you will want to check out.  Subscribe to get new ideas for upgrading your own workspace, find a new tool to use, and discover creators working on interesting things. 

Cabinet of Chic Curiosities for Avid Traveling Lovers Travel in the past and back with Messy Nessy. Join Vanessa on her traveling adventures and get her most eye-catching delights delivered to your inbox every week. The purpose of her fun-filled journeys is to share them with her followers and take them along with her through historical sites, bustling markets, and breathtaking gardens. Tune in to her newsletter to discover her engaging travel stories like the lost romance of the Transylvania Spa Town, a summer in Paris’ treehouse bars, and a trip to Sweden to discover where the real hobbits take the summer off. Subscribe to Messy Nessy for 13 of her most obscure yet interesting discoveries to start your Monday and a few conversation starters every Friday and stay for the always inspirational website

Lieutenant, you would do me an enormous favor if you stopped calling me sir. The Shatner Chatner is a newsletter full of Daniel Lavery’s thoughts and feelings. It features thought-provoking personal essays, weird jokes, and opinions that give you a sneak peek into the writer’s mind. The author shares things you never knew you wanted to hear - from random observations and hypothetical scenarios to truthful stories about transition and family estrangement. Subscribe to Daniel Lavery’s niche worldview and enjoy 21st-century poetry.

Musings from a standup comedian and startup veteran The Rubesletter is a weekly newsletter where NYC comedian, writer, and filmmaker Matt Ruby shares his takes on different events happening around the crazy world we live in. Navigating through life in 2022 after everything we’ve been through feels like walking on a tightrope…without a balancing stick. In this newsletter, the author aims to share his perspective on things like tech, politics, society, and life and offer no BS advice to people who wish to see things from a different angle. You’ll find fun reads for everything ranging from learning how technology works, creative stand-up advice, and rants about the woke left Subscribe to the Rubesletter to get a different perspective on life, an interesting take on recent events, and relevant advice straight to your inbox every week.  

Chipping away at the inscrutability of modern life, popular culture, and how we feel about both. Maybe Baby is one of the leading culture newsletters on Substack. This newsletter is an attempt by Haley Nahman to understand the confusing yet exciting world around her, learning about modern life (and how to survive it) along the way. The author hopes to inspire people and offer a unique approach to life by sharing her personal stories and cultural critiques especially aiming at self-delusion, cognitive bias, mass media, and how our lives are affected by all three. Subscribe to Maybe Baby for weekly essays, recommendations, podcasts, and monthly advice where the author takes in 3 questions from readers and gives her detailed answers.

Newsletter with exclusive essays, good things, a book club, special devotional series, and so much more. “Super Jesus-y” newsletter is a mixture of soul-searching, feminism, and GIFs. Field Notes is a community as well, it is full of book recommendations and conversations with its readers. Sarah Bessey publishes questions and encourages discussions, shares prayers, and provides tools to practice all in the same newsletter format. Join the community in doing great work in the world.

Weekly art, writing, and creative inspiration. A newsletter from the desk of Austin Kleon is not your ordinary curation. Being a writer who draws, the author sparks your curiosity by visually narrating different tips and tricks. Think of a technique on how to make a map of your mind or exercises to help you feel thankful. In addition to his creative bursts, you will get a list of ‘10 things worth sharing’. You can expect links to articles on how a book is made, music recommendations, original reviews of moby dick and so much more art-related things.  Want to engage with your creative side? Subscribe to Austin Kleon’s newsletter and get inspired. 

Get It Together is a weekly newsletter full of original essays, interviews, and commentary about music, art, and building a creative life. Written by a queer-feminist person and tailored for elder Millenials, cynical queers, and independent artists, Get It Together is first and foremost - honest. Lauren Denitzio shares their real thoughts, tells you about things that they love and asks the right questions to understand how other artists figure it all out. The variety of issues range from learning to stop worrying and thoughts on Anthony Bourdain to interviews with book authors and behind-the-stage action (Warriors fans wru?). Subscribe for a “little ranty, pretty queer” publication and get it together yourself.