KISS Friday - 10 Jan, 2025

Reads from awesome Substack writers

Moon Arica

and

Allison Riney

Jan 10, 2025

Every Friday, I’ll be showcasing some fine works from Substack writers on different topics.

Handpicked by yours truly.

Send me your recommendations if you want to be featured!

🚴‍♂️Experience

Internetly

Creator Gravity: How to Pull People Into Your Orbit

Substacks. Tweets. Reels. Skeets (I literally had to Google “What do you call Bluesky posts” to find this out…

a month ago · 44 likes · 14 comments · Alice Lemee

The Macro Edge

25 Bold Predictions for 2025: The Year of Volatility, Innovation, and Big Moves

This year will be a rollercoaster for markets, shaped by unpredictable volatility, political shakeups, and a tech-driven innovation wave that could rival the Industrial Revolution. Central banks are diverging, crypto is maturing, and the AI boom is only just beginning…

a month ago · 22 likes · 8 comments · Michael Serven

Beyond the Likes

Your 2025 Cheat Codes to Glow Up

Let’s shake off last year’s residue…

23 days ago · 3 likes · Chris Aldridge

🪁Storytelling

Michael’s Substack

Flogging Dead Horse

I have just subscribed to Ash Ambridge’s Substack called Year of Living Anywhere after reading the post “Dear World: I Am Eating Pickled Deer Heart…

a month ago · 3 likes · 1 comment · Michael Patrick O’Leary

Good To Know

six life-changing decisions you can make in 2025

a month ago · 20 likes · 2 comments · Stefano Miele

🎼Creativity

Steinbergdrawscartoons

How to Draw Things Using Simple Shapes

So you want to learn how to draw, but you don’t know where to start? Easy! With a few simple shapes, you can draw just about anything. Here are some examples…

6 months ago · 346 likes · 43 comments · Avi Steinberg

Sacred Creative Soul Speaks

A Simple (and Fun) Process for Tapping into Creativity as a Spiritual Practice

What is spiritual practice…

Listen now

2 months ago · 11 likes · 6 comments · Rev. Evelyn Bourne (Ambilike)

Story Notes

How Hayao Miyazaki builds a story

Hayao Miyazaki tells stories like no other director. Each element of the story is a direct representation of Miyazaki’s thoughts put to paper, unbridled by words or structure. In this way, his films offer a rare window into his inner world, and the entirety of production takes on the spirit of its director…

4 months ago · 336 likes · 7 comments · Wren Petkov

🧲 TL;DR - Top rave

Inner Wilderness Unlimited

39 cozy comfort reads for midwinter and beyond

Winter is, by far, my favorite season for reading. There is just something about being warm and cozy indoors while the weather is cold and blustery outside — snuggled under a blanket on the couch with a mug of tea in one hand and a good book in the other. Even better if I can lure my cat, Cinder, to curl up on my lap. At …

a month ago · 23 likes · 25 comments · SuddenlyJamie

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Moon Arica

Allison Riney

Ed White

Jan 10

Hi Moon! Is there any specific content that you feel would help you or your followers??

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SuddenlyJamie

Jan 11

Hello, Moon and Allison! Thank you SO much for including my post in your delightful wrap up. The best part of being featured in a post like this is getting to check out all the other recommendations. I'm excited to explore!

Do you have favorite cozy reads? I'm always looking for more suggestions for my TBR pile!

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