Newspaper subscriptions

Berkeley, Friday, July 26, 2024 5:43 Pm

My to-do list is overweight. Thus I need to exercise action on it, and so it can stay healthy and fresh. That is good for me as well. As I track many things on my memory. If I have many things to do I cannot move forward.

It sucks that I have paid about $122 to the East Bay Times for two months of subscription. That is way too much. Also, there is a limit of how many newspapers I can read in the morning.

But the complexity was that because I had a building pile of incoming newspapers. Somehow two out of five were for free, which I am trying to reach out to the companies to let them know. It can sound great to receive free newspapers. But it can also create a chaos and waste at home. And keep you on the seat longer than expected. But also not having things clear is always bad.

I ended up with so call deal, which is not cheap either, for a year with the EBT for digital subscription for $52. I enjoy the articles from one author in there. And some of the columns. It would need an additional effort to read them outline, in a fast mode, without getting distracted with other stuff. That is the advantage of the printed newspaper.

So I would need to optimize it. When one is a mobile tenant. Meaning I can be here today. In a few months in another place, and who knows. The issue is that to optimize the amount of paper and logistics for placing a hold.

Still, I do much better reading on paper. But I would see how to optimize.

It seems to me that the end of printed era of newspaper has reached a point. My only fear would be that it would translate on not reading the news and columns, which is a quite important daily habit.

Podcasts are great. Some youtube videos are also important. Yet, I do love the process extend thinking process, editing, and so on, that the editorial news cycle takes.

I might be transitioning again to the digital era of newspaper. It has a bit of mix in recent times. But I need to place it with a time frame in a structured calendar for everyday.

I will chose a source for the mornings. And another source for the evenings.