{"id":43684,"date":"2025-02-19T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-19T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/?p=43684"},"modified":"2025-02-18T14:55:55","modified_gmt":"2025-02-18T21:55:55","slug":"whats-in-my-now-sara-h","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/whats-in-my-now-sara-h\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s in my NOW? \u2014 Sara H."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/whatsinmynow.substack.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Sign up here<\/em><\/a><em>\u00a0to get\u00a0What\u2019s in my NOW?\u00a0a week early in your inbox.<\/em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8ec17518-5a1f-4d72-bb4c-90894919687f_600x600.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019m Sara, technology worker by day, newsletter writer by night. I love everything media (tv, movies books, long form journalism). I live for a good online rabbit hole, candles, tea and comfy sofas. I write&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/thingsiloveandshare.substack.com\/\">Things That Make Me Happy<\/a><\/strong>, a newsletter about books and entertainment recommendations, as well as curated links and rabbit holes. \u2014&nbsp;<strong>Sarah H.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2025\/02\/wimb-sarah-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-43685\" width=\"643\" height=\"361\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2025\/02\/wimb-sarah-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2025\/02\/wimb-sarah-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2025\/02\/wimb-sarah-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2025\/02\/wimb-sarah.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 643px) 100vw, 643px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4><strong>PHYSICAL<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pipingrock.com\/creatine\/german-creatine-monohydrate-creapure-5000-mg-per-serving-11-lb-500-g-bottle-20241?\">Creatine<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211; It\u2019s one of the most researched supplements in the market and one of the safest. When you get to your thirties you start to lose muscle mass, and with just 3 to 5 grams you&#8217;ll make the muscle building process easier (with lots of protein and resistance training!)<\/li><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/geni.us\/G23S\">Amazon Kindle<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211; I pack my kindle in my everyday bag and I whip it out in waiting rooms, traffic or public transportation. I connect it to my Libby library account for free entertainment. Last year I read 80 books thanks to this habit of carrying my Kindle everywhere.<\/li><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/geni.us\/f6bSvZC\">Pedometer<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211; No frills pedometer that only tracks your steps. It keeps me accountable to my goals and I don&#8217;t need to connect, share my data, or pay a subscription.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4><strong>DIGITAL<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/wyldeflowersgame.com\/\">Wylde Flowers<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211; This is a cozy game that hooked me for hours and hours. It has, a farm simulation (with animals and produce), relationship building and a witchy twist. Can be played on the phone or on consoles.<\/li><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canva.com\/design\/DAGbPSRu08M\/C180RUQQ--iie3ltyXBUhw\/view?utm_content=DAGbPSRu08M&amp;utm_campaign=designshare&amp;utm_medium=link2&amp;utm_source=uniquelinks&amp;utlId=h5bbd6f7cc2\">Digital Bingo Card<\/a>&nbsp;<\/strong>&#8211; I think that resolutions are not a great idea for various reasons, but January is a great month to plan your year and expand on some goals. I used Canva to create a Bingo Card with things that I want to accomplish this year.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.canva.com\/design\/DAGbPSRu08M\/C180RUQQ--iie3ltyXBUhw\/view?utm_content=DAGbPSRu08M&amp;utm_campaign=designshare&amp;utm_medium=link2&amp;utm_source=uniquelinks&amp;utlId=h5bbd6f7cc2\"><\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4><strong>INVISIBLE<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p><em>All you hear and all you see is what your life will ever be.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>This phrase appeared on a friend\u2019s Facebook wall a decade ago and it still shooks me. You decide how and who you spend your days with and what to make of life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>issue #202<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13684,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[2303],"tags":[2389],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43684"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13684"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43684"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43684\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43686,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43684\/revisions\/43686"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}