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This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day, helps you discover new ideas, and recommends the best in culture. Sign up for it here.This week I asked you all to send in your New Year’s resolutions for 2023, and you answered the call: We had hundreds of responses. But first, here are three new stories from The Atlantic. The IRS really, really should have audited Donald Trump. Harry, Meghan, and the men who hate them My mother just died of COVID in Wuhan. Clean SlatesNew Year’s resolutions might...

This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day, helps you discover new ideas, and recommends the best in culture. Sign up for it here.This week I asked you all to send in your New Year’s resolutions for 2023, and you answered the call: We had hundreds of responses. But first, here are three new stories from The Atlantic. The IRS really, really should have audited Donald Trump. Harry, Meghan, and the men who hate them My mother just died of COVID in Wuhan. Clean SlatesNew Year’s resolutions might...

When we declutter, we feel more organized and in control of our lives. We clear out old, stagnant energy and create space – physically and emotionally. It feels good to go through your things and make a pile of what you no longer need. Minimalism, with its foundation rooted in living with only what we need, has it right in this sense – by cleansing our space of the inevitable clutter that builds up over time, we cleanse our mental, emotional, and psychological space too. Last night, something came over me and at 9pm, I started cleaning everything. Cleaning led...

Writer's Craft Article by Karen S. Wiesner The Four Myths Your Muse Desperately Wants You to Believe, Part 1 by Karen S. Wiesner  Based on FIRST DRAFT OUTLINE (formerly titled FIRST DRAFT IN 30 DAYS)  This is the first of four posts dealing with how writers can get their muses to work with rather than again them. I don’t know about you, but I didn’t always believe my muse was working with me. When I first started writing, I was convinced my muse was a sadistic taskmaster who enjoyed having enormous power over me. He (apparently my muse is male)...

Writer's Craft Article by Karen S. Wiesner The Four Myths Your Muse Desperately Wants You to Believe, Part 1 by Karen S. Wiesner  Based on FIRST DRAFT OUTLINE (formerly titled FIRST DRAFT IN 30 DAYS)  This is the first of four posts dealing with how writers can get their muses to work with rather than again them. I don’t know about you, but I didn’t always believe my muse was working with me. When I first started writing, I was convinced my muse was a sadistic taskmaster who enjoyed having enormous power over me. He (apparently my muse is male)...