The Boyfriend Fix is a fake dating romcom about a barista and a surgeon ➡️ books2read.com/u/mv9J02

Strangers to Husbands is a woke-up-married contemporary romance about a shy, semi-closeted guy and a hopeless romantic who can’t catch a break ➡️ books2read.com/u/3y22lJ

This year’s holiday novella, As Long As You Love Me So, just came out! ➡️ books2read.com/u/4AMRop

It’s a wonderful event and a chance to see Split Rock’s beacon lit! The lighthouse was decommissioned in 1969 and is only lit for this event. I’ve wanted to go for years and grabbed the chance since it was on a Sunday this year.

Surprised that only one person seems to have mentioned Winter’s Orbit and Ocean’s Echo by Everina Maxwell! And it’s been a real long time since I’ve read it, but iirc Anathem by Neal Stephenson fits this description.

…their own expectations and experiences and baggage really helps me personally to avoid getting dragged into the outrage cycle or an anxiety spiral about why so and so hates me.

It’s HARD to remove all the things swirling around in your own brain to recognize, hey, maybe this thing that I assume was meant as negative or even a direct attack on me wasn’t meant that way at all. Obviously we can only be in our own brains but recognizing that everyone is operating with…

Yeah—there’s something you see in corporate settings a lot called “assuming positive intent.” You don’t know where other people are coming from, what kind of day they’ve had, what they’re thinking about, the tone they meant to use (if over text), etc.