898th Friday Blog Roundup

I love People magazine; love it with all of my heart. A few weeks ago, Loribeth posted an article that hinted that People magazine may move to digital-only like many of the other magazines in Dotdash’s stable including Entertainment Weekly. It’s not clear which direction it will go, but I think about it every time I pick up a paper issue.

I don’t know if I’d keep reading it as a digital magazine.

While I’ve made the jump to e-books — the pandemic nudged me deep into e-book territory — I haven’t made the same jump with magazines. So I keep watching the news. Please don’t take my People magazine away.

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Stop procrastinating. Go make your backups. Don’t have regrets.

Seriously. Stop what you’re doing for a moment. It will take you fifteen minutes, tops. But you will have peace of mind for days and days. It’s the gift to yourself that keeps on giving.

As always, add any new thoughts to the Friday Backup post and peruse new comments to find out about methods, plug-ins, and devices that help you quickly back up your data and accounts.

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And now the blogs…

But first, second helpings of the posts that appeared in the open comment thread last week. To read the description before clicking over, please return to the open thread:

• None… sniff.

Okay, now my choices this week.

Finding a Different Path writes about pronatalism and the housing market. Not just the thoughtless comments of a physical therapist, but the greater question about why neighhourhoods exist that are clearly designed to cater to kids, and neighbourhoods exist that are clearly designed to cater to the retired. But… “There are so many neighborhoods that are clearly made with families in mind (borderless backyards in developments with 8 billion playsets), I don’t really get how you can’t have a small neighborhood (read: 2 dead end streets in the middle of nowhere) meant to attract people without children so you can build a community.” Good question.

The Evolving Engineer writes about being in an emotional hole and how she got herself out. All other tricks weren’t working. It took reaching out to someone who understood and a quick talk to get her climbing upwards. She writes, “When we have people in our lives who not only understand feeling this way but who can help boost us out of the spiral, it changes everything.” Indeed.

Lastly, Bereaved and Blessed is approaching the one year anniversary of her father’s death. Part of the healing process is writing it down and thinking through the moments. She writes, “One year ago today began the last four weeks of my father’s life, though we didn’t know that at the time.” I’m honoured, as a reader, that she is letting us abide with her as she remembers.

The roundup to the Roundup: I love People magazine, and I cannot say that enough. Your weekly backup nudge. And lots of great posts to read. So what did you find this week? Please use a permalink to the blog post (written between June 3 – 10) and not the blog’s main URL. Not understanding why I’m asking you what you found this week? Read the original open thread post here.