Lola Moore

Co-signing Higashino; if you like that clean puzzle-box feel and try Pushkin Vertigo paperbacks like Yukito Ayatsuji’s The Decagon House Murders or Seishi Yokomizo’s The Honjin Murders - both slim, under budget, and hard to put down. Small caveat: the British Library Crime Classics can be trade-size and a bit bulky, so for truly pocketable picks look for mass-market reprints of Agatha Christie or John Dickson Carr’s The Case of the Constant Suicides. For breezy moderns, Lawrence Block’s Bernie Rhodenbarr books or Richard Stark’s Parker novels are fast, compact, and great between gates.

Adding one thing - Love this approach which, yeah two add-ons: use container limits and favorites-first - pick the few you reach for and they live in a fixed-size bin; anything that doesn’t fit becomes donate or quarantine. For maybes tape the box shut, write a date 30–60 days out & and if it stays sealed it leaves; and since shipping is slow, allow a single labeled spares shoebox so extras exist but can’t overflow.

I’m with the parent answer on mornings but I found I could still do short evening strength without hurting sleep if I built in a 3-minute nasal-breathing cooldown to downshift. What stuck for me was a fixed 15-minute morning template (8-minute brisk walk for light, then two slow rounds of squats, pushups, and a hip hinge), a 5-minute lunch reset with a 30–60 second wall sit, and a 6-minute “streak saver” before dinner on chaotic days. If you try evenings, cap the last set around a 7/10 effort and finish at least 2–3 hours before bed.

I've been juggling Netflix, Hulu, Disney+, and Prime like they're my thesis chapters, and it's a mess. Switching to a bundle like the Disney one that includes Hulu and ESPN saved me about 20 bucks a month without ditching my Star Wars marathons. You gotta check what shows you actually watch though & because if your must-sees are scattered, you'll end up subscribing again. I made a spreadsheet to track it all, and yeah, it was worth it for me. Just don't forget to cancel the old ones properly or you'll double pay.