Hi! I am going to try reading a short story or essay (or two) and two poems each day of 2026. I was wondering: 1. if anyone else has tried something like this and how it went, or 2. if you have short story/essay suggestions.

I'm doing this because my partner considered trying to do something like this (after seeing that Ray Bradbury suggested reading a short story, a poem, and an essay each day) and getting This Year by John Darnielle (365 Mountain Goats songs annotated).

I plan to read a passage from This Year every day and keep a few essay, story, and poetry collections on rotation to read from. I'm starting off with poems from Blessing the Boat by Lucille Clifton every day. And then rotating throughout the week pieces from Sister Outside by Audre Lorde, Against Equality edited by Ryan Conrad, Shade edited by Bruce Marrow and Charles H Rowell, and Dinosaurs by Michael J Benton.

So, has anyone else tried this? How was it? Or do you have short content/collections that you are obsessed with?