Alisha Ramos

6 days ago | downtime.substack.com | Alisha Ramos

Today’s post is exclusively for paid subscribers. Thank you for your support, and for all the kind messages and notes the past few weeks. I appreciate them all so much!Hello hello,The thing that really cleared the mental cobwebs for me this week was getting outside. It feels cliché to advise others to touch grass (aka get offline and into nature), but the more I work for myself, the more I’m realizing I crave time spent away from my desk.

1 week ago | downtime.substack.com | Alisha Ramos

Trying something new today: Paid subscribers are getting this newsletter on the regular day (Friday), and free subscribers are receiving it two days later. 🫶Hi! I wanted to send a full-length newsletter today, but my week got the best of me. So consider this a bit of a fun snack in between letters. One thing I do want to do today is check in. How are we doing?? A lot is happening right now, and I’m curious how you’re weathering it all.

3 weeks ago | downtime.substack.com | Alisha Ramos

These monthly recaps are a personal, unfiltered look at what’s happening behind the scenes, exclusively for paid subscribers. I skipped last month’s recap because, truthfully, I did not have much to recap! February was a quiet month of climbing out of the fogginess of being sick *all the time* and establishing new routines in the hopes of feeling more like myself.

3 weeks ago | downtime.substack.com | Alisha Ramos |Alessandra Codinha |Ali Slagle |Yossy Arefi

Today’s newsletter is sponsored by East Fork. I’ve been slowly collecting pieces from East Fork Potteryfor years now. It always surprises me when a friend hasn’t heard of them—but once they see the joyful, beautifully made pieces, they’re almost instantly converted. My own obsession reached a peak a few years ago when my husband gently suggested I maybe slow my roll on all the colorful pottery purchases. Little did he know I had calendar reminders set for new glaze drops.

1 month ago | downtime.substack.com | Alisha Ramos

Downtime is a newsletter with all the good stuff I'd share with a friend: recommendations, noteworthy reads, and honest conversations on life. This is the Friday post, a weekly roundup of good finds and delightful distractions. Hi, happy Friday! Do you want to hear something funny? You know how everyone who is creatively successful is all like, “You need to find the best times of the day when you can tap into a creative flow state”?