# Spare Time with Evelyn Skye

New York Times bestselling author Evelyn Skye's newsletter: unhurried thoughts, private curiosities, the early sparks of future projects, and occasional playful wryness. Slow, infrequent, and led entirely by curiosity.

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## [The Siren Call of Optimization Culture](https://evelynskye.substack.com/p/the-siren-call-of-optimization-culture)

_2026-08-19 · Evelyn Skye_

Moving the goal posts on your "best self"

## [Forgetting How to Forget](https://evelynskye.substack.com/p/forgetting-how-to-forget)

_2026-07-12 · Evelyn Skye_

I remember when the past could be left behind

## [Random Acts of Nuance](https://evelynskye.substack.com/p/random-acts-of-nuance)

_2026-06-23 · Evelyn Skye_

Moody cliffside beaches vs sunshine and roses

## [Loving a Movie I Thought I'd Hate](https://evelynskye.substack.com/p/loving-a-movie-i-thought-i-would-hate)

_2026-05-26 · Evelyn Skye_

Who defines "art" anyways?

## [Plot Twist](https://evelynskye.substack.com/p/plot-twist)

_2026-04-19 · Evelyn Skye_

The Job I Didn't See Coming

## [Atelier Skye: The Studio for Serious Novelists](https://evelynskye.substack.com/p/atelier-skye-writing-workshop-founding-cohort)

_2026-03-08 · Evelyn Skye_

An exploratory new way of writing together

## [What is Age?](https://evelynskye.substack.com/p/what-is-age)

_2026-02-22 · Evelyn Skye_

On the Beauty of Temporal Disorientation

## [The Weight of a Name](https://evelynskye.substack.com/p/the-weight-of-a-name)

_2025-12-15 · Evelyn Skye_

On identity, coherence, and spare time