# everyday life (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 14 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover everyday life. Page: Feed: --- ## [Two Homes, New Layers](https://midcenturyhome.substack.com/p/two-homes-new-layers) _2026-08-21 · Mid-Century Home · Mid-Century Home_ Two projects explore how existing architecture can shape what comes next. ## [Starting With What’s Already There](https://midcenturyhome.substack.com/p/starting-with-whats-already-there) _2026-08-21 · Mid-Century Home · Mid-Century Home_ An existing basement and reclaimed materials are reused to shape a hillside home. ## [We accept the love we think we deserve](https://hasifff.substack.com/p/we-accept-the-love-we-think-we-deserve) _2026-08-20 · hasif 💌 · postcards by hasif_ I was watching The Perks of Being a Wallflower again, and there is something about that line that feels different when you hear it after you have lived a little. ## [How to Make a Restored MCM House Feel Like Home](https://midcenturyhome.substack.com/p/how-to-make-a-restored-mcm-house) _2026-08-20 · Mid-Century Home · Mid-Century Home_ Interior design brings warmth, color, and everyday function to a 1951 Los Angeles home ## [My Low Effort Wellness Routine](https://thelivingstandard.substack.com/p/my-low-effort-wellness-routine) _2026-08-19 · The Living Standard · The Living Standard_ How I take care of myself without turning my day into a wellness checklist ## [Basic Requirements of Originality](https://notes.volumen.ca/index.html#basic-requirements-of-originality) _2026-08-19 · Volūmen_ Murakami hit the nail on its head. There are three requirements for originality: 1) Unique and individual style immediately perceivable on first sight and hearing, 2) That style must update itself and maintain self-reinvention through the passage of time, 3) That style is internalized in... ## [When your boss makes you doubt yourself](https://everydayisastrategyday.substack.com/p/when-your-boss-makes-you-doubt-yourself) _2026-08-19 · David Lancefield · Every Day is a Strategy Day_ Why some leaders stay in your head long after you leave the room. ## [thoughts on "Perfect Days" (2023)](https://pinewind.bearblog.dev/thoughts-on-perfect-days-2023/) _2026-08-17 · pinewind · PINEWIND_ Last weekend, I finally saw the movie Perfect Days . I'd known about its existence for a long time, but never got around to watching it. Whenever I mentioned it in a conversation though, I heard nothing but praise. I also consider myself to be a fan of slow, meditative Japanese movies where "nothing happens", like Megane or Kamome Shokudo . Needless to say, my expectations were pretty high.… ## [Two Homes, One Question: How Should We Live?](https://midcenturyhome.substack.com/p/two-homes-one-question-how-should) _2026-08-17 · Mid-Century Home · Mid-Century Home_ From a 1959 house to a renovated Eichler, two projects show how architecture can begin and evolve around everyday life. ## [Good Architecture Starts With How We Live](https://midcenturyhome.substack.com/p/good-architecture-starts-with-how) _2026-08-16 · Mid-Century Home · Mid-Century Home_ A 1959 Atlanta home designed around the routines of one family. ## [Code Faster with Clear Tutorials (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/OuiTcz3DOY7t) _2026-08-16 · **Sponsored**_ Short, step-by-step coding videos you can follow along ## [Reworking an Eichler Around Family Life](https://midcenturyhome.substack.com/p/reworking-an-eichler-around-family) _2026-08-16 · Mid-Century Home · Mid-Century Home_ A Palo Alto renovation reshapes this home around the changing needs of a growing family. ## [The Little Things That Make Me Feel Like I Have My Life Together](https://thelivingstandard.substack.com/p/the-little-things-that-make-me-feel) _2026-08-16 · The Living Standard · The Living Standard_ The small routines, resets, and everyday details that make me feel inexplicably more put together ## [The Architecture of a Memory](https://hasifff.substack.com/p/the-architecture-of-a-memory) _2026-08-16 · hasif 💌 · postcards by hasif_ On the conversations we replay, the people we become, and the things we only understand with time ## [Two Ways to Rethink a Modernist Home](https://midcenturyhome.substack.com/p/two-ways-to-rethink-a-modernist-home) _2026-08-14 · Mid-Century Home · Mid-Century Home_ Two projects show how modernist architecture can evolve. ## [The Pattern](https://notes.volumen.ca/index.html#the-pattern) _2026-08-13 · Volūmen_ Work life has stabilized. I do the things I used to do prior to 2018. This seems to be a cycle. One mistake I don’t want to repeat is becoming too focused on work. No grand plan, no strong drive, no passion. Only simple days, a plain work life, the repetition of small things with discipline, the... ## [7 Splurges That Were Worth Every Penny](https://thelivingstandard.substack.com/p/7-splurges-that-were-worth-every) _2026-08-12 · The Living Standard · The Living Standard_ The things I've spent a little more on that make everyday life noticeably better ## [reading ATLA fanfiction for the first time in ages](https://pinewind.bearblog.dev/reading-atla-fanfiction-for-the-first-time-in-ages/) _2026-08-11 · pinewind · PINEWIND_ Recently, I'm going through a bit of an Avatar: The Last Airbender nostalgia phase. Usually, the interval between these individual phases is pretty long - I think my last ATLA phase was around three years ago. The "nostalgia surge" usually lasts for a week or two, and then I move on until the next wave hits. The trigger for this ATLA phase was the trailer for the new Avatar Aang movie. I had not… ## [Renovating a 1960s House Around Light, Views, and Landscape](https://midcenturyhome.substack.com/p/renovating-a-1960s-house-around-light) _2026-08-11 · Mid-Century Home · Mid-Century Home_ A thoughtful renovation transforms a modest family home. ## [The Death of Desire](https://hasifff.substack.com/p/the-death-of-desire) _2026-08-11 · hasif 💌 · postcards by hasif_ On wanting love until you learn to live without it. ## [Designing Every Room Around the Landscape](https://midcenturyhome.substack.com/p/designing-every-room-around-the-landscape) _2026-08-11 · Mid-Century Home · Mid-Century Home_ A lakeside home uses mid-century principles to make the landscape part of everyday life. ## [Web Coding With AI, Live (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/LJ7odLnEyO41) _2026-08-11 · **Sponsored**_ Collaborative screen sharing with simultaneous remote control, open source. ## [15 Tiny Type A Habits That Make My Life Flow](https://thelivingstandard.substack.com/p/15-tiny-type-a-habits-that-make-my) _2026-08-09 · The Living Standard · The Living Standard_ All the ways I maintain my life and home in a way that reduces mental clutter and makes things run a bit smoother ## [What If You’re Already Enough?](https://ellamillslivewell.substack.com/p/what-if-youre-already-enough) _2026-08-09 · Ella Mills · Learning To Live Well with Ella Mills_ On learning to accept myself, moving from self-improvement to self-acceptance, and why the ‘maxxing’ trend has gone too far. ## [Knowing yourself doesn't save you from yourself](https://hasifff.substack.com/p/knowing-yourself-doesnt-save-you) _2026-08-08 · hasif 💌 · postcards by hasif_ on self-awareness, emotional control, and the things we still can't reason our way out of ## [Refining a Modernist Home Without Reinvention](https://midcenturyhome.substack.com/p/refining-a-modernist-home-without) _2026-08-06 · Mid-Century Home · Mid-Century Home_ A considered renovation demonstrates how to strengthen modernist architecture. ## [Modernising an Eichler Without Losing Its Simplicity](https://midcenturyhome.substack.com/p/modernising-an-eichler-without-losing) _2026-08-06 · Mid-Century Home · Mid-Century Home_ A careful renovation refines an Eichler through restraint, sustainability and a blend of Italian and Japanese design principles. ## [Submit Your Essays, Stories & Personal Writing](https://hasifff.substack.com/p/submit-your-essays-stories-and-personal) _2026-08-05 · hasif 💌 · postcards by hasif_ Hello Fifi’s, ## [Designing a New House the Mid-Century Way](https://midcenturyhome.substack.com/p/designing-a-new-house-the-mid-century) _2026-08-05 · Mid-Century Home · Mid-Century Home_ How mid-century principles can shape contemporary architecture. ## [My 60 Minute Catch Up Checklist](https://thelivingstandard.substack.com/p/my-60-minute-catch-up-checklist) _2026-08-05 · The Living Standard · The Living Standard_ A simple checklist that reduces mental clutter by getting back on top of the little things ## [What happens when you become someone else for a day?](https://everydayisastrategyday.substack.com/p/what-happens-when-you-become-someone) _2026-08-05 · David Lancefield · Every Day is a Strategy Day_ How stepping outside your usual identity can reveal more of who you are. ## [Boxes We Keep](https://notes.volumen.ca/index.html#boxes-we-keep) _2026-08-04 · Volūmen_ Early mornings have a special gift for me. The break of dawn illuminates the invisible in what should be obvious: I can see that daily life is full of maintenance work. While that work is necessary, it often feels more like fixing things than living a simple, healthy, content baseline life. Yet... ## [Collect Open Source Legends (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/Mz47hJIzQYxL) _2026-08-04 · **Sponsored**_ Open-licensed art, limited foil trading packs, and optional on-chain mints. ## [I Was Never Meant to Grow Old](https://hasifff.substack.com/p/i-was-never-meant-to-grow-old) _2026-08-03 · hasif 💌 · postcards by hasif_ On Carrying a Young Heart Through the Passing of Time ## [On Repeat](https://notes.volumen.ca/index.html#on-repeat) _2026-08-03 · Volūmen_ I cannot get enough of these tunes recently: Blues in the Night (Dinah Washington), See See Rider (Ernestine Anderson), T’Ain’t Nobody’s Biz-Ness (Dinah Washington), and You’d Be So Nice to Come Home to (Helen Merrill). They’ve been on repeat for more than a month. ## [The Monthly Standard | August](https://thelivingstandard.substack.com/p/the-monthly-standard-august) _2026-08-02 · The Living Standard_ A monthly guide to raising the standard of everyday living ## [Moving House (Again!)](https://ellamillslivewell.substack.com/p/moving-house-again) _2026-08-01 · Ella Mills · Learning To Live Well with Ella Mills_ And Learning to Hold Two Emotions at Once. ## [I Don't Know How to Move On](https://hasifff.substack.com/p/i-dont-know-how-to-move-on) _2026-07-31 · hasif 💌 · postcards by hasif_ A diary entry about unfinished goodbyes and the quiet work of healing ## [Newspeak](https://notes.volumen.ca/index.html#newspeak) _2026-07-30 · Volūmen_ Newspeak is deliberately obscure language designed to confuse or deceive. The term originates from George Orwell’s 1949 novel 1984, where it describes a fabricated tongue intentionally engineered to restrict thought and cognitive ability. Orwell’s system worked by altering existing words,... ## [Is good design part of the thinking?](https://everydayisastrategyday.substack.com/p/is-good-design-part-of-the-thinking) _2026-07-30 · David Lancefield · Every Day is a Strategy Day_ Why I want the design of my book to help people read it, remember it and use it ## [The Slow Burn of Becoming Yourself](https://hasifff.substack.com/p/the-slow-burn-of-becoming-yourself) _2026-07-29 · hasif 💌 · postcards by hasif_ On growing into someone you never saw coming ## [My Housekeeping Heroes](https://thelivingstandard.substack.com/p/my-housekeeping-heroes) _2026-07-29 · The Living Standard · The Living Standard_ The cleaning tools, home essentials, and small upgrades I genuinely use and love ## [The Wrong Problem](https://notes.volumen.ca/index.html#the-wrong-problem) _2026-07-27 · Volūmen_ Most people don’t understand how computers work or know how to harness computing to solve problems, which limits their personal use. Computers are mainly communication tools to them since the advent of social media platforms and mobile computing devices, but generative AI has the power to change... ## [My Summer Sunday Reset (Hour by Hour)](https://thelivingstandard.substack.com/p/my-summer-sunday-reset-hour-by-hour) _2026-07-26 · The Living Standard · The Living Standard_ A realistic look at how I prepare my home for the week while still enjoying a slow summer Sunday ## [You Can Love Someone and Still Outgrow Them](https://hasifff.substack.com/p/you-can-love-someone-and-still-outgrow) _2026-07-26 · hasif 💌 · postcards by hasif_ A conversation about nostalgia, friendship, and the quiet grief of becoming someone new. ## [Guitar Recording Setup](https://notes.volumen.ca/index.html#guitar-recording-setup) _2026-07-26 · Volūmen_ My guitar recording philosophy has evolved toward minimal, purposeful gear: tone comes from the fingers, pick, guitar, and amp, while digital effects complement rather than replace the core sound. ## [The Healthy Habits I'm Coming Back To (Again!)](https://ellamillslivewell.substack.com/p/the-healthy-habits-im-coming-back) _2026-07-26 · Ella Mills · Learning To Live Well with Ella Mills_ A little life update, my latest obsessions and our gentle summer health kick. ## [thoughts on Susanna Clarke's "Piranesi"](https://pinewind.bearblog.dev/thoughts-on-susanna-clarkes-piranesi/) _2026-07-23 · pinewind · PINEWIND_ Preliminary remark: This post is not a "book review" in the strict sense. It's not my aim to rate how "good" or "bad" it is from an analytical standpoint. I'm merely collecting some thoughts here. Some of them might be review-like, others not so much. This is the first English book that I've read in a few months, and it's great to be able to write about it. I usually read Japanese books, often… ## [Why Temporary Things Feel Permanent](https://hasifff.substack.com/p/why-temporary-things-feel-permanent) _2026-07-23 · hasif 💌 · postcards by hasif_ An essay on memory, attachment, and the things we cannot leave behind. ## [the season of insects](https://pinewind.bearblog.dev/the-season-of-insects/) _2026-07-22 · pinewind · PINEWIND_ Summer is the season of insects. Earlier this year, I saw fireflies for the first time in my life. Now, the cicadas are beginning to sing (or scream, depending on your stance towards them). Lately, I've been feeling the strange urge to go bug catching. It's a classic Japanese summer vacation activity, mostly enjoyed by elementary schoolers, but I think it could be fun try (again). I remember… ## [How I Slow Down in a World That Never Stops](https://thelivingstandard.substack.com/p/how-i-slow-down-in-a-world-that-never) _2026-07-22 · The Living Standard · The Living Standard_ The small habits I've intentionally chosen not to rush — and why they've become some of the most meaningful parts of my days ## [Honne and Tatemae](https://notes.volumen.ca/index.html#honne-and-tatemae) _2026-07-22 · Volūmen_ Honne and tatemae aren’t simply truth versus lie. They’re both real, but at different levels. Tatemae is socially acceptable, while honne is the unfiltered truth that emerges when you trust someone. Neither is fake. ## [How to use summer to decide what matters next](https://everydayisastrategyday.substack.com/p/how-to-use-summer-to-decide-what) _2026-07-22 · David Lancefield · Every Day is a Strategy Day_ What a change of rhythm means for how you lead, decide, and create impact every day