Volume 2, Issue 7: Celebrate My Birthday!
Hi friends! My birthday is coming up on April 1st. Yes, my birthday is April Fool’s Day. People have told me that they would hate that but personally, I love...
Volume 2, Resources 6: Resource Round-up Against Anti-Asian Violence
Hi friends. I hope that you’re all taking care of yourselves. It is an exceptionally difficult time for my Filipino American and extended Asian community...
Volume 2, Issue 6: 10 Things I Have Learned During the Pandemmy
Hi friends! This is quite a week. First of all, for many folks in the United States, Daylight Saving Time starts this weekend so turn your clocks forward and...
Volume 2, Resources 5: The Library Post You've Been Waiting For
Hi friends! I am happy to report that I got my first Fauci Ouchie (Covid-19 vaccine) last week. It went smoothly and I look forward to getting my next shot...
Volume 2, Issue 5: Remembering What New is Like
Hi friends! I’m happy to report that I have a Covid-19 vaccine appointment scheduled for a couple hours after this newsletter drops. Of course, after both...
Volume 2, Resources 4: Texas Aid Resources, Buy It For Life, & Radio Garden
Hi friends! This past weekend we had a pink pineapple: Whole pineapple with the top cut off standing on a cutting board next to a pineapple cutting gadget....
Volume 2, Issue 4: Anyone Can Change If They Actually Want To
Content warning: death Hi friends. Today’s content has been in the queue for a while and I’ve bumped it up due to recent news. Tuesday morning, my wife,...
Volume 2, Resources 3: Boundaries Genius & Anti-Racism for All, Including Non-readers
Hi friends! Happy Black History month! It’s as great a time as any to pay Black creators for the content we make and to shop Black-owned businesses! I want...
Volume 2, Issue 3: On Asking For What We Want
Hi friends! Today’s newsletter marks the one-year anniversary of Enthusiastic Encouragement & Dubious Advice! I can’t believe I’ve been doing this newsletter...
Volume 2, Resources 2: Covid-19 Vaccine, My Bookshop, and Accessibility
Hi friends! This week is a resource week but I have a little housekeeping to take care of first, which is to tell you about my Bookshop storefront! You can...
Volume 2, Issue 2: I'm Allergic to Our Current Reality
Hi friends! I have been incredibly itchy the past week or so, from my scalp to my toes. It got to the point where I would have my camera off during work...
Volume 2, Resources 1: Series Finale of America & Setting Your Phone Down
Hi friends! As I said recently on Twitter: Tart of Darkness @theinfophileJust thinkin' 'bout all the people who were acting like the year 2020 was the...
Volume 2, Issue 1: You Can Do the Thing
Hi friends! New year, same me! Time is arbitrary! That being said, it’s nice to have some kind of marker of when I am starting working on a project, goal, or...
Volume 1, Special Issue: Goal Setting for 2021 and New Year's Traditions
Hi friends! In an effort to respect your boundaries, I have some advice and tips on setting goals for 2021 in this separate special issue. I will also talk...
Volume 1, Issue 23: You Are Enough
Hi friends! If you celebrate Christmas, Merry Christmas! Otherwise, Happy Friday! I know that today can be especially hard for some of us so I’m going to...
Volume 1: The Infophile's Must-Read Books of 2020
Edit on 2/5/21: I have removed Amazon links and all links are now Bookshop affiliate links. Hi friends! This is the penultimate 2020 issue of Enthusiastic...
Volume 1, Resources 22: 2020 Book Concierge & Ways to Do Some Good
Hi friends! First of all, Happy Hanukkah! I have it in my head that I’m going to try to make latkes from scratch for the first time using the recipe I...
Volume 1, Issue 22: On Inclusion
Hi friends! My red prayer plant was sitting on top of a bookcase, as happy as can be, but then got too heavy and snapped herself in multiple places. So, one...
Volume 1, Special Issue: Make Black Friday Black
Hi friends! Today was supposed to be a post that digs deep, as is the every-other-week pattern; however, I am going to change things up a bit. This year...
Volume 1, Resources 21: Zoom with Abandon & Mail with Braille
Hi friends! First of all: HOLY SHIT, A COUPLE OF YOU SENT ME MAIL TO MY P.O. BOX!!! I checked it the other day and I was expecting disappointment and a...
