Sunday Newsletter 15 minutes: Choosing something to readdaily

This is a daily routine for time in motion and pause. Use “Sunday Newsletter 15 minutes: Choosing something to read” to bring a little wellness into the gaps of your day.

An hour flies by on social media on a Sunday morning. The short stimulation chosen by the algorithm only causes fatigue and leaves few memorable thoughts. The 15-minute newsletter has ‘selected input’—just one post you’ve already subscribed to, and stops at the end or at 15 minutes. The control of reading is back in my hands. Instead of scrolling, ‘one picky post’ slows down my Sunday mornings. If you want to slow down on Sunday mornings, the best way to do this is to decide in advance how much and how long you will read. If you decide in advance what to read on Sunday morning, you can start your day with that reading instead of scrolling.

Pick just one

Just select ‘One thing you must read this week’ from your subscription list. No new subscriptions. You can turn on a timer for 15 minutes and stop when the time is up. Even if you don't read everything, it's not a failure. Deciding what to read on Saturday night will reduce choice fatigue on Sunday morning.

reduce screen

When it overlaps with screen-free time on Sunday mornings, I read with print PDFs, e-readers, and paper clippings. Even if the content is the same, 'selected text' and 'infinite scroll' send different signals to the brain. If the screen is a burden, you can maintain the 15-minute routine by just switching to a different medium for reading.

one sentence note

When the 15 minutes are up, close the newsletter app. To prevent ‘one more episode’ from taking up your day, repeat it only on the same day and at the same time. Small reading habits reduce information overload little by little. Once you get those 15 minutes on Sunday, Monday mornings can become less distracting. After 15 minutes, I close the app and start my Sunday afternoon at a different pace.

Until next week

When the 15 minutes are up, close the newsletter app. To prevent ‘one more episode’ from taking up your day, repeat it only on the same day and at the same time. Small reading habits reduce information overload little by little. Once you get those 15 minutes on Sunday, Monday mornings can become less distracting. 15 minutes is enough, and more than that won't take away from your Sunday leisure.