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This is an edition of The Wonder Reader, a newsletter in which our editors recommend a set of stories to spark your curiosity and fill you with delight. Sign up here to get it every Saturday morning.<\/em><\/small><\/p>\n

Read more How to Define America in 30 Objects<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

In his 2022 essay on how to want less, Arthur C. Brooks recalls a line from Ralph Waldo Emerson about the dangers of thinking that a new place or shiny thing will fix life\u2019s problems. \u201cAt home I dream that at Naples, at Rome, I can be intoxicated with beauty, and lose my sadness,\u201d Emerson wrote in his essay \u201cSelf-Reliance.\u201d \u201cI pack my trunk, embrace my friends, embark on the sea, and at last wake up in Naples, and there beside me is the stern fact, the sad self, unrelenting, identical, that I fled from.\u201d<\/p>\n

Staying home might not readily provide the intoxicating beauty Emerson describes. But once you give in to spending the day inside\u2014with a good movie or the right book, or just dancing around the kitchen with your loved ones\u2014you\u2019ll find that beauty exists there too. As those experiences add up, you may even come to see your everyday surroundings as a place for adventure rather than just stasis. Today\u2019s newsletter explores how to create joy, no matter how many or how few plans you have for the weekend and the summer.<\/p>\n

Enjoying Home<\/strong><\/p>\n

Five Books That Will Redirect Your Attention<\/p>\n

By Rhian Sasseen<\/i><\/p>\n

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When malaise strikes, a book can break the spell\u2014if you choose the right one. (From 2025<\/em>)<\/p>\n

Read more The Most Perfect Coincidence in American History<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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How to Want Less<\/p>\n

By Arthur C. Brooks<\/i><\/p>\n

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The secret to satisfaction has nothing to do with achievement, money, or stuff. (From 2022<\/em>)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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Boredom Is the Price We Pay for Meaning<\/p>\n

By Daniel Smith<\/i><\/p>\n

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When I became a father, I was forced to reckon with the emotion that consumed my days.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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