“I can’t take it anymore!”

I say as I rip the Apple Earbuds out of my ears.

Then I turn off the lawnmower, slide it into the garage and pound my feet back inside.

“Adri… I’m buying AirPods again! These EarBuds keep falling out of my ear and I can barely hear anything over the mower!”

“But remember the radiation! Your brain!”

“Look I googled it! it says — 'AirPods emit roughly 10 to 400 times less radiation than a standard smartphone held to the head’ — that’s nothing!”

“Oh wow, we should get rid of our iPhones.”

“💆💆💆… I’m ordering AirPods.”

“Fine. I’m taking up vaping.”

‘Stop.”

“Which flavor do you think I’ll like?”

“You’re not vaping.”

“Watermelon? Cherry?”

“Vaping is way worse than AirPods!”

“Says who?”

“Google says it’s up to 100x worse for your body!”

“Okay so watermelon?”

“I just wanna listen to books while cutting the grass!”

“And I want to avoid you getting brain cancer for your three children.”

SO GUESS WHO DIDN’T GET AIRPODS?

🤣🤣🤣

Instead, I got these JBL wired earbuds that are actually pretty awesome.

But as I was ordering my JBLs, I had "that moment."

You know that moment when you think EXACTLY what you should have said in an argument but but now it's too late!

And now you’re kicking yourself like, “DANG IT! I SHOULD HAVE SAID THAT!”

Well...

Instead of going back to my wife...

I’ve decided to write it publicly in an email to 5,000+ people (including her).

Muahahahaha!

Okay, let’s time travel!

Peeoooom!

[67 MINUTES EARLIER]

“And I want to avoid you getting brain cancer for your three children.”

“Speaking of horrible things for your brain… have you seen THIS!?”

How about we show THAT to all these Granola Moms on TikTok & Instagram?

All we ever hear about from them is Polyester and Radiation and Seed Oils!

How about a good ol’ revival back to reading some dayum books?

How about we stop scrolling four hours a day wondering why were so dang anxious?

How about we lay in the fresh grass I just cut with no phone, earbuds (or children somehow?) and read Anna Karenina!?

NOW THAT I CAN GET ONBOARD WITH!

Listen...

I’m not the most granola person on this planet.

I still want my freaking AirPods.

But I’m superrrr granola about my mind…

I walk every morning for at least an hour before writing to clear brain fog.

I use an app that blocks my phone for 85% of the day.

I write everything on pen and paper (ideas, to-dos, etc)

But best of all…

I read one to two hours every single day.

Reading has been the #1 most mind-healing habits for my life.

George Saunders says, “Reading is a form a prayer… like forced meditation.”

This is exactly why I officially launched the Orange Book Club yesterday.

I wanted to create a community for us Granola Readers.

The ones who prefer Fantasy Novels over Fantasy News.

The ones who wish we could rewind the clock back 100 years to a simpler time where everybody owned land and a library.

A place where nerds can talk about plots not pop culture.

If that sounds even remotely interesting to you, you can…

​START YOUR 7-DAY FREE TRIAL INSIDE OF ORANGE BOOK CLUB!​

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As soon as you start your free trial… you instantly get:

✅ My #1 best selling book, Meaningful Marketing ($25) for free

✅ The Orange 100 — a hundred highly curated must-read books in this life time

✅ #30DayReadingChallenge course to build a daily reading habit

✅ Monthly Live Book Club Calls

✅ 50% recurring commissions for every person you bring in

After your free trial, it’s a measly $10/mo.

Cancel anytime. Or enjoy forever.

Click that button above to hop in!

You’ll see some great people in there already =)

Your friend,

Alin “Replaced TikTok with Tolkien” Dragu