Jackie Danicki

I’ve been really negative in all my blog posts today (blame the NHS - I do! Okay, I’ll stop…for now.), so here’s something positive: I’ve subscribed to a magazine for the first time since high school. That magazine is Men’s Health.

You can’t tell from the website, but it’s really good! I always read it when I’m waiting at the place where I get overpriced skin treatments, because their other magazines are all about properties (which is weird), and I always get annoyed at having to put it down when it’s my turn to be treated. MH has tons of really useful nutrition information and pointers, plus exercises you can do easily (in the September issue, ones which help you avoid knee injuries), and tips on which shop-bought foods are the best-tasting and best nutritionally. Even the sex and relationships articles are interesting and - despite the laddish tone - not totally dumbed down, which I can’t say for the ones in women’s magazines.

Now that I’ve subscribed, I get access to the magazine’s archives. This is pretty backward; the archives should be free, with the newest stuff (if anything) costing money. Whatever, I’ve paid, so I get it all now. (Something else that I’ve been wondering: Why does it take so long for magazine subscriptions to be processed? I won’t get my first issue until November, but whenever I’ve come close to subscribing to magazines of late, I’ve decided not to when I see it takes, like, three months for the subscription to kick in. Surely this process should be more efficient. What am I missing?)

Filed under: Life, Magazines, Survival