Links I Love: October 13, 2019
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 Embracing Relationships in Business. (Friday Forward) SmileDirectClub’s former CEO is back with a new dental startup called Tend. (Tech Crunch) Long before ‘natural’ was cool, Celestial Seasonings saw the future in tea leaves. (Denver Post) As Mall Vacancies Hit an 8-Year High, Simon Outlets Moves Online. (Morning Brew) McKinsey Has Partnered With the Mall of America on a Shopping Lab. (Morning Brew) 2019 Retail Personalization Index. (Sailthru) Great case studies in here! Why Shiseido Spent $845 million on Drunk Elephant. (Morning Brew) E-Commerce Is Driving Demand for Small Warehouses Near Urban Centers. (Morning Brew) Since I've just shared several stories from Morning Brew's Retail edition, I'll put in a plug to sign up for this awesome (free) e-newsletter using my link here. They have a premium Sunday edition that can only be accessed via referrals and I'd love to start reading it ;) PRODUCTIVITY / SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY Your Computer Is a Tool. Here's How to Actually … [Continue reading]
Weekend Recap: Mom’s Fall Visit, Part 2
Weekend of October 4-6 My mom's visit this fall was a full twelve days, extended from eight after I signed up for a half marathon in Louisville that I thought she would have fun spectating. However, with my stupid calf injury, I had to withdraw from the race and couldn't run! I was really disappointed, though my physical therapist has been awesome and is helping me get back to running hopefully in two more weeks. On that note - I've been seeing Emily at Colorado Sports PT, and she is awesome. Last Thursday, she had me try something new - dry needling. Have you ever done this?! It's pretty scary-looking... she sticks long (but thin) needles into my muscles, looking for the point where I get a "deep dull ache". Then after she finds that spot and lets them settle in for a bit, she uses a TENS machine to pulse electricity through, making my muscles ripple with the current. The pain honestly isn't as bad as you'd think, but it is a weird feeling! However, my muscles are definitely much looser afterward, which is what I need. Even my good right calf is pretty darn tight :( My Friday kicked off actually away from my mom for a bit; after my women's book club at work, I stuck … [Continue reading]
What I Read in September 2019
My reading slowed down a little bit in September, but I still wrapped the month with 7 books - which puts me at 62 books read so far in 2019, or 13 books behind. Same as last month, so while I'm not catching up, at least I'm not falling further behind either :) 5 stars: The Unbreakables, by Lisa Barr: LOVED this book so much. It started out light and engaging, but turned into a deep novel with beautiful writing and a wonderful storyline, with some unexpected twists and turns. So good! The Kiss Quotient, by Helen Hoang: LOVED this book so much! I liked how Hoang humanized Stella's autism and made her extremely relatable. The story moved quickly and took some twists I didn't expect; I was eager to keep reading. The only thing I didn't love was that the sex scenes were pretty steamy / graphic; I would have preferred a regular chick lit novel rather than trashy romance style. But still loved it :) 4 stars: My Lovely Wife, by Samantha Downing: Definite page turner, with some twists I didn't expect. However, it was a little bit of a Gone Girl copycat in other plot twists, so it didn't quite feel unique. Summer of '69, by Elin Hilderbrand: Read this in one night! I … [Continue reading]
Weekend Recap: Mom’s Fall Visit!
Weekend of September 28-29 I rolled into this weekend pretty exhausted... but also pretty psyched. My mom is visiting Colorado for 11 days! My mom was due to get in at midnight on Thursday, so I booked my flight home from Chicago to arrive late as well, at 11pm. That meant I just had an hour to hang out at the airport and wait for her to arrive. I ended up making it into a date with a fellow traveler at the Westin Hotel bar, which was a fun way to pass the time! But by the time mom and I got our Uber home, it was really late... 2am, ouch! Unfortunately, there was no sleeping late to make up for it... my first meeting of the day was at 7am. After some morning meetings (and a workout squeezed in), I headed over to Lafayette for my first appointment at Colorado Sports Physical Therapy. My calf has been really tightening up when I run, and now I was actually feeling pain through it after a run, so it was time for me to stay off it (which I did all this week, opting for the Peloton bike at my hotel and powerwalking at Orangetheory) and get it checked it out. Colorado Sports PT is run by Cathy, who's married to one of my college classmates; the two of them moved to Colorado a … [Continue reading]
