Yesterday I couldn't fall asleep.

Tried the usual things. Put the phone down. Pick it back up. Scroll a bit. Repeat. My brain clearly had a couple background processes running.

Even the #fediverse didn't calm it down.

Eventually I opened #Libby to browse my local library. I noticed it now has AI search and recommendations (didn’t try it, not the point of this story).

What caught my attention instead: magazines.

I opened one, I think it was #NatGeo, and started reading an article about why #Vikings disappeared from Greenland, and why it’s even called Greenland in the first place.

Ten minutes later I was asleep.

It reminded me how much I like small, contained stories. A beginning, an end, a few interesting facts. No infinite scroll.

Books sometimes feel like a HUGE commitment these days unless they’re audiobooks. But a random magazine article? Perfect patch for an overactive brain.