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A note from Jane

One of the dumbest things I ever did was buy a treadmill while living in a studio apartment of 300 square feet.

But I was desperate to hold onto my running habit.

I had built up to running 25 miles per week outside. Then my boyfriend and I moved in together and relocated to a different neighborhood.

Every habit and routine I’d established, gone. A month had passed without a single run.

I blamed our new location (too hilly), I blamed the weather (turning cold), I blamed my boyfriend (who made it hard to leave bed in the morning). Somehow I decided the perfect solution would be a home treadmill. Someone (my boyfriend) should have told me I was unreasonable, and maybe he did, but my mind was made up.

Nothing looked more ridiculous than that treadmill wedged between the futon and computer desk. I used the treadmill once, then did the right thing and returned it. But not because it looked ridiculous. Because I only used it that one time in thirty days.

I thought I was horribly weak, lazy, and undisciplined, but later I realized a life transition like that is a hugely fragile moment. Life doesn't (can't) continue as before, and even good and right things can become harder.

I did get back to running once I accepted and committed to tackling those hills.

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The flashback can act as both friend or foe to authors—and readers. Used skillfully, flashbacks offer a rich and vivid way to weave in essential backstory and add depth and texture to a story. But clumsily executed ones can be an eyeball-stopping intrusion that yanks readers right out of the story. In this class with career editor Tiffany Yates Martin, you’ll learn exactly what flashbacks are—and aren’t—and how to incorporate them smoothly and effectively to more richly develop your characters and their arcs, heighten stakes, and deepen readers’ experience of your story.

In the last issue, I asked you to tell me about your favorite smart home devices. It seems that virtually no one is interested in this topic, but I did hear from one person!

My favorite home device has to be my Ring doorbell. Getting an alert on my phone anytime someone comes to the door is wonderful. Being able to see them provides me advance notice of what to expect. —Mike Preston

Here are the smart home devices that I’ve come to depend on:

Thermostats. I used to have Nest and have since switched over to Ecobee at the new place—one for each temperature zone. Ecobee is much, much better. It will save us on energy bills.
TV room light switch. Sometimes it’s the small things, like not having to get up from the couch to turn off the light when you’re ready to watch TV.
Smart door lock, my absolute favorite. I no longer have to carry house keys. The lock knows when I’m coming (it detects my smartphone in close proximity) and automatically unlocks. I can program the lock from afar to give guests access using a unique key code or fingerprint.

Next question: What convenience food can you not do without? Hit reply to this message to let me know, or share on the Discord server for Electric Speed subscribers.

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