What's Bringing Me Joy: Print Newspapers

This one shouldn't come as any surprise, considering my love of the press and my time as a professional journalist. But since I left the paper, I don't have a home filled with slowly yellowing newsprint anymore. Sure, I have many print copies of my old stories, but I haven't been a regular subscriber of a print newspaper in a minute.

I just picked up the massive Sunday edition of The New York Times, and I just love the heft of it. Before I knew it, the entire interior of my car smelled like newsprint.

I'll just say it: Daily newspapers are a miracle. I wish there were more of them. Seeing this one definitely makes me interested in the Times home delivery options that are less than every day, either the Friday, Saturday, Sunday option or just the Sunday one. Either way, I feel like I want to make print a bigger part of my life in 2025.

This one will serve a particular purpose: After reading through it, I think it will be repurposed as wrapping paper. It cost me $6, which is on par with any wrapping paper you'd get at Target, but this one tells me about the world, entertaining me while educating me. What's not to love?