Slow hobbies, ditching Google Chrome, and the year of the newsletter
Internet People: Issue 114
Welcome to Internet People 🌀 A weekly roundup of fresh ideas to fuel your creative process & help you navigate the mindf*ck of being a creative person in the digital age
🥂 Happy New Year, Internet People!
Shoutout to everyone who feels energized and inspired by the flipping of the calendar. And for those of you who do not feel this way and would rather hibernate until March… you do you, baby boo. Either way, don’t forget that there’s nothing you need to fix, and maybe you’re already on the right path?????
💌 ADHD Creatives: This is your sign to start a newsletter
One of MJ’s hottest takes is that every creative person (esp if they have ADHD) would benefit from having a newsletter — yes, even you, who thinks she has nothing to say. If you’re thinking about ways to prioritize your creative process in 2025, this article is for you!
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📚 Read
Slow and screenless hobbies by
If there’s one thing we know for sure, it’s that chronically online people need more! screenless! hobbies!!!! If you’ve been thinking about picking your knitting needles, fantasy books, or crafting supplies back up this year, consider this your sign:
Slow hobbies are mirrors. They us to appreciate the richness in small details and the satisfaction of creating something from scratch. They force us to be present with ourselves and our failures.
🎧 Listen
Victoria Pedretti on Podcrushed
There’s nothing we love more than listening to the untold stories of failure, rejection, and setbacks from famous creatives — which is exactly what Penn Badgley (everyone’s favorite TV creep from Gossip Girl and You) interviews his guests about on Podcrushed.
In this episode with his You costar, Victoria Pedretti talks about her experience as a sensitive, “disruptive” child with ADD, and how that played into her acting success.
🔮 Explore
Arc, the web browser
After switching from Google Chrome a couple years ago, neither of us have looked back. Arc is the ADHD brain’s dream — separate areas for work and play, less friction to get where you need to go, and tbh it’s just beautiful to look at.
It’s designed by a small team and there are new features ALL the time 🤌
🍿 Watch
The 1-page business plan that made me $200k in 2024 by Deya
This is perhaps the most digestible way anyone on the planet has ever explained how to map out a new product — and she does gives examples for physical products, digital products, and service-based businesses.
Hard-hitting questions to stretch your brain (and start more interesting conversations)
Because sometimes, your brain just needs some eye candy to spark your next big idea
TTYL,
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Just added “download ARC” to my to-do list for tomorrow. Can’t wait to see all the amazing things that happen for Internet People in the new year. Love y’all!! 🫶🏻
Also putting "download arc" on my to-do list. I am curious though, how do you deal with some features simply not working the same on other browsers? I tried switching to both DuckDuckGo and Mullvad but a lot of browser plugins (for VPN, ad blockers, password managers) are glitchy or non existent for alternative browsers. Not to mention, some features of Google Meets only work on Chrome 😓 they make it impossible to switch.