Links I Love: May 23, 2021
Want to stay in bed longer? Here’s what I’ve been loving, laughing at, and getting intrigued by all week long. Now cozy up with your laptop/tablet and enjoy :) CAREER / BUSINESS Young people have a popular pandemic pastime: Filling, then abandoning, e-commerce shopping carts. (CNBC) Appuccino, Please: How TikTok Is Permanently Changing Starbucks. (BuzzFeed) Digitally native food and beverage brands explore restaurant partnerships. (Morning Brew) Target, CVS, Starbucks and other retailers ease mask mandates for fully vaccinated customers. (CNBC) The CEO Of Goldman Sachs Called Remote Work An Aberration—Here’s Why His Employees May Disagree. (Forbes) Why Experiential Could Make Sense for Retailers as US Reopens. (Morning Brew) Collinson Research: How Brands Can Win Back Customers. (Skift) PRODUCTIVITY / SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY Overwork Killed More Than 745,000 People In A Year, WHO Study Finds. (NPR) Here’s a Calendar Trick to Ease Post-Pandemic Reentry. (Wired) Wanting More Time for Your Meaningful Work. (Zen Habits) Delegation is An Essential Leadership Skill. (Friday Forward) Alternatives to the question "How are you?". (Twitter) The … [Continue reading]
Weekend Recap: 20 Mile Run and an Unmasking Experiment
My Friday after work kicked off casually - making homemade pizza (using this awesome pizza dough recipe), enjoying it out on the deck, then grabbing Freddy's Frozen Custard for dessert and savoring it while watching a bit of TV. I really like low-key Friday nights! It was a good thing my Friday wasn't a big night out - because I woke up at 4am with a nightmare, and ended up not being able to get back to sleep. I stayed in bed and read for 2 hours, then finally got up and dressed to take Sadie out for a long run. The plan was to head to the Coalton Trail for the 14 mile dirty Bismarck loop, but when I realized how cloudy and gray it was out, I didn't feel like doing that loop only to lose the views. Instead, we headed out on the sidewalks in Superior. When I first started running, I felt really tired and just wasn't really having it, so I told myself I just needed to do an hour and then I could go in and hit the Peloton for the rest of my workout. But then I started to think maybe it was just that the podcast I was initially listening to wasn't very good, because I ended up getting more into my run as it went on, and as I moved onto other podcast episodes. Going into the … [Continue reading]
Links I Love: May 16, 2021
Want to stay in bed longer? Here’s what I’ve been loving, laughing at, and getting intrigued by all week long. Now cozy up with your laptop/tablet and enjoy :) CAREER / BUSINESS Our Work-from-Anywhere Future. (Harvard Business Journal) Can My Boss Force Me Not to Wear a Face Mask at Work?. (Wall Street Journal) Digital Contact Tracing is Key to Reopening Retail. (Total Retail) For Mother’s Day, Brands Acknowledge How Covid-19 Impacted Motherhood. (Morning Brew) The Truth About Navigating a Career Transition. (Ellevest) Side hustle: From idea to full-time business in 1 year. (Zapier) Do You Really Need to Send a Thank-You Note After a Job Interview?. (Lifehacker) Ever Since I Was A Little Girl I Dreamed Of Being A Junior Administrative Strategic Operations Assistant. (Medium) Hilarious! PRODUCTIVITY / SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY Can company culture survive Zoom?. (Marketplace) Need a Reset? The End of Pandemic Life Can Be a Fresh Start.. (New York Times) 427 Mondays In A Row. (Feld Thoughts) The Pandemic and Your Mental Health: Why You May Be Nervous About the World Opening Up. (The Skimm) Work Stress and Sex Drive Don’t Mesh—Here’s How To … [Continue reading]
Weekend Recap / Race Report: Siete de Mayo and Colorado Women’s Classic
Speaking of returning to "the new normal"... this weekend, I was thrilled to convene my friends for my first "party" in over a year. Normally, Cinco de Mayo is a great excuse for me to host dozens of friends to eat Mexican food and drink margaritas. This year, I scaled it back to a party of eight people instead of eighty, but still made all the same dishes. And it was a lot of fun! I was able to intersperse some party prep into my work day - particularly since I've gotten my menu for this party down to a science. I made guacamole while on a conference call in the morning, then baked the chocolate cake (to be the base of the guacamole cake) on another call midday. By the time I wrapped up my work calls at 4pm, I was feeling pretty good about the cooking I still had to do... and feeling great about getting to host my friends! As I mentioned, I invited a small group of eight friends, most of whom had been a "quaranteam" seeing each other throughout the last year anyway. Everyone was fully vaccinated, which helped ease any concerns, and there had just been new guidance issued that vaccinated people were free to gather. I had a really fun time overall, though I drank a little … [Continue reading]
