5 Quick Things: Summer '25 Edition #8 ☀️
an abbreviated edition of your favorite weekly letter
I’m currently taking my summer screen sabbath in order to focus on finishing my book manuscript—while I do, here’s your mini 5QT…

From the essay archives: Real, Actual, Lasting Education
From the podcast vault: Third Places (ep. 154)
A newsletter I enjoy: Hearthstone Fables
Something I love: carnivore ice cream (really—though I do add a splash of vanilla)
On my summer agenda: ordering some of these candles for the fall
Want to write your own Rule of Life?👇
I’ll be back on The Commonplace sometime next week! In the meantime, have a good weekend…
-Tsh