Happy Sunday friends! It’s the most awkward Sunday of the year — the one between Christmas and New Years. Like every year, I don’t know what exactly to do with myself. This whole “sleep in to 8:00AM” thing is going to bite me in the butt in just a few short days. Nevertheless, I hope your last few days of Christmas celebration provided that well-deserved rest you were likely searching for.

I’ve spent a good deal of this extra time over the holidays perched in front of my iPad writing various things. I have an upcoming post on my “App of the Year” for 2025 (as if that is some sort of accolade… ha!), I am working through the final steps of another Bible review, and I ended up screaming from the top of the mountain regarding the reMarkable Paper Pro Move (more below). Perhaps one can say that their true loves come out when they have ample time, but I continue to find it surprising how much fun it is to write.

Of course, there’s about zero chance this type of momentum can soldier through the coming months. I wish I could pre-write everything for the whole year in this December month, then publish systematically over the other 11 months.

If my calendar observation is correct, this is the very last Sunday Edition of 2025. Way, way back on January 5, 2025, I set out to write a weekly Sunday Edition for the entirety of 2025. I had hoped to hone the writing mind somewhat. I wanted to stay literarily sharp. (Maybe it worked; that was a big word.)

Which means, I made it. By my counts, I missed one deadline on a long weekend back in April or May, and I made up for it by posting on the Monday. Otherwise, I didn’t miss a single Sunday in 2025.

That feels good to type. In the last few years, I’ve been relatively poor at keeping to these sorts of New Year's resolutions. I’ve developed various habits meanwhile, but it’s never exactly as I originally hoped. The Sunday Edition is effectively as I originally hoped.

And I hope I can grow it further. Sort of, at least.

I hope to continue throwing various thoughts into this Sunday collection. I don’t see the subject matter changing too much. As I mentioned a few weeks ago, I’m hoping to utilize Fresh Links more to share cool tweets, Instagram posts, articles, YouTube videos, and more throughout the week. Even over the last few weeks, I’ve sucked at this. But I’m going to try to be better.

I’m also going to try to continue building out larger posts on the side, which I will refer to here in the Sunday Edition in 2026. I’ll try to be one of those SEO-effective bloggers, wherein everything I put into the blog will be relinked and rehashed in the Sunday Edition roundup.

In general, I feel this is actually a bigger pill to swallow than the Sunday Edition itself was back in January 2025. I’m probably committing to almost two times as much writing as I was in 2025. I feel doomed to fail.

But we’ll see. I’m thrilled with the sharpened pen. And I’ve enjoyed the few conversations I’ve had a chance to start or build upon over the last 12 months.

I’ll have a proper “Welcome to 2026!” next week. For now, here’s to a great 2026!

My Review of the reMarkable Paper Pro Move

The reMarkable Paper Pro Move, if you want to check it out on Amazon.

Over 4,000 words! Oh dear, I’m sorry, friends. Perhaps a late night beverage and a little extra time on my hands this holiday season led to an overdone review.

Still, I had a ton of fun writing this review. This little Paper Pro Move is one of the most exciting new devices in my personal tech stack in years. I’ve truly enjoyed my time with it so far, despite the price and reMarkable-specific limitations.

I don’t need a Workout Buddy, I need a Workout Trainer

By no means am I a fitness buff — which professional out there has time to spend an hour a day at the gym? — but it continues to be a part of my life I’m increasingly fond of. Fitness has provided a meaningful boost to my life — I find I have more energy in the mornings when I commit to a short workout before my day starts; I find I like what I’m seeing when I look in the mirror, which increases confidence; I find it has improved my wife’s ability to find time for fitness (we often work out together), which has its benefits; and more. That 12 minutes a day first thing in the morning has done wonders for my life.

We pay for a Peloton subscription (all the way up to $60 CAD/month!), purchased a Peloton 5 years ago, and have a few weights in the basement. We don’t have major heavy equipment, and we don’t spend hundreds per month on a personal trainer.

This has its pros and cons — hence the linked article from Matt Birchler above. The Peloton subscription provides the closest thing to a fitness coach without A) paying for that fitness coach and B) becoming a “Workout Buddy” in the manner Matt describes. Early on, my favourite Peloton instructors were Alex Toussaint and Olivia Amato, two instructors who pushed you and even gave you a “what for” occasionally. I loved that push, and it truly got me properly started in this fitness journey.

All this is to say — I fully, 100% agree with Matt’s discussion regarding a Workout Trainer vs. Workout Buddy (the poorly termed approach to Apple’s newest features for Apple Watch). Someone constantly telling me I’m doing an outstanding job is only going to result in me slowing down and not hitting my goals. In fitness, of all things, you need someone to kick you in the backside from time to time.

The Minimal Phone

Now that I’ve been formally introduced to the e-ink world, the idea of an e-ink phone has become more intriguing. I don’t think I’d have the guts to commit to this level of “dumb phone”, though I can see the appeal. Picking up my iPhone or iPad is sure to send me down a boring rabbit hole. Perhaps a Minimal Phone would eliminate this waste of time.

This said, I think it would take about 15 seconds to be annoyed with a phone like this.

Think you could use a phone like this and find happiness or contentedness with this sort of thing?

A quote from Eat That Frog! by Brian Tracy that had me gently dropping my head in approval:

"You should never share your problems with others because 80 percent of people don't care about them anyway, and the other 20 percent are kind of glad that you've got them in the first place."

— Ed Foreman

The Second Cup

12 Books to Read Before You Die

Here is a curated collection of 12 essential books covering productivity, habits, philosophy, psychology, biography, and personal development. Books like ‘Deep Work’ by Cal Newport, ‘Atomic Habits’ by James Clear, ‘Sapiens’ by Yuval Noah Harari, and biographies of notable figures like Steve Jobs. All made the list. I haven’t read many books in my life, but I’ve now read four of these. All were great. I imagine the rest will be wonderful as well.

Did Amazon just solve Color E-Ink? Kindle Scribe Colorsoft REVIEW

I mentioned Chalid above. His YouTube channel rocks. To me, he wears the crown of e-ink king on YouTube. If he says the Kindle Scribe Colorsoft is impressive, your e-ink ears should perk up.

Cornix Review by Keyboard Builders’ Digest

I continue to be fascinated with split ergonomic keyboards. I miss utilizing an ortholinear board daily, and I’m convinced having a split ortholinear board would effectively resolve any ergonomic issues I experience from time to time. The fact this Cornix is a prebuilt board really catches my eye.

Nuphy Node 75 and 100 Low and High-Profile Mechanical Keyboards

That’s a mouthful to type. Why? Because Nuphy has successfully created a board that can handle both low and high-profile switches, and which comes in both 75% and 100% variations. I actually think this should be considered a 96% board — I’m not seeing the general F13-F15+ keys on the “100%”, so I’m thinking a few keys are missing. Which isn’t an issue — the key here is that Nuphy brought in a full-size zero key for that number pad. This will be a popular board, especially considering the price.

It was a poor Fresh Links showing from me this week. I apologize. Christmas got in the way. I have a never-ending list of inspiration to share in MyMind right now, so I will work through that in the coming weeks. Stay tuned!

Happy Sunday. I hope you have a wonderful week ahead.

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