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☆ Thanksgiving Can Be Hectic. Feeding Guests All Week Doesn’t Have to Be.
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-20 | by ( Ali Slagle | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

When Thanksgiving week rolls around, prepare to feel stuffed, and not just with stuffing. Your days will be filled with activity, the fridge packed with ingredients for the big meal, the house crammed with guests. The meals other than Thanksgiving dinner may not be your priority, but they can still add conviviality to the buzz and busyness of the week. Following these tips and recipes will leave you more time with guests and fill everyone with homey, homemade meals. Stock the Freezer With Dishes That Don’t Require ThawingFreezing fully cooked dishes long before guests arrive is a savvy strategy, but remembering to thaw them overnight?

☆ It's time to stop humblebragging about how busy we are
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-17 | by ( Tim Paradis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Busy calendars can be seen as a status symbol yet can lead to burnout, an executive coach told BI. It's not uncommon for Brandon Dock to hear from execs that they're too busy to meet. "So you could either be busy every day for the next five weeks, as you claim, or you could take a half hour," Dock said. "If you have a very busy calendar, some workers use this as a status symbol," Leussink said. "I have a couple of clients that are really going through some pretty heavy burnout right now, based on their calendars," Walker said.

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☆ 41-year-old's living room side hustle brings in $121,400 a year: It's 'the right balance between hustle and happiness'
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-31 | by ( Megan Sauer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

And it inspired the part-time endoscopy nurse's lucrative side hustle, which she launched from her living room in Manahawkin, New Jersey. Walsh, a lifelong crafter, opened her Etsy shop MegansMenagerie in 2009. If her Etsy income falters, she can pick up more nursing hours, she adds. Here, Walsh discusses juggling her side hustle with her nursing job, avoiding burnout and why she's happy with a side hustle isn't guaranteed to make money forever. It's not easy, and you need to find the right balance between hustle and happiness.

Persons: they've, Megan Walsh, Walsh, it's, she's, I've, tasker Organizations: CNBC, Dodge Locations: Manahawkin , New Jersey

☆ Andrew Webber's forever war
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-27 | by ( Sam Fellman | Ryan Pickrell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +38 min

Like others in Chosen Company, Webber had been drawn to Ukraine for reasons he couldn't quite explain. AdvertisementNow, as Webber and his fellow members of Chosen Company got acquainted in the bar, uncertainty hung over the gathering. One showed an assault team clearing a World War I-style bunker, using live rounds. AdvertisementCats are everywhere on the front lines in Ukraine; Webber rescued one from a building under fire. "It seemed like he had stuff he was working on," says O'Leary, the CO of Chosen Company.

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☆ He's British, she's Australian. Here's their trick to traveling 10,000 miles — with kids in tow
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-22 | by ( Marylou Costa | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Stopover: Seoul, South KoreaPros: Seoul's street food, kid-friendly Korean Air The cinema-themed Hotel28 provides popcorn and gift packs for kids on arrival. Source: MaryLou CostaGetting to Seoul was a cinch on Korean Air, which lets parents pre-book kids' meals like pizza, hot dogs and barbecue chicken. If there's no connecting flight to your destination on the day itself, Korean Air includes a free night's stay at the five-star Grand Hyatt Incheon. Korean Air offered us a free new flight to Australia — a week later. We took a 1.5-hour flight to the beach town of Krabi, where we spent a week at the ShellSea Krabi resort.

Persons: MaryLou Costa, Costa, Grand, Krabi Organizations: London, South Korea, Korean Air, Korean, Grand Hyatt Incheon, Australia —, Don Mueang International, United Arab Emirates, Pricey, Dubai Aquarium Locations: Ingham, Australia, Queensland, Europe, United Kingdom, Seoul, South, Myeongdong, South Korea, London, Bangkok, Thailand, Brisbane, Krabi, Dubai, United, Burj, Pricey Dubai, Aquaventure, Burj Khalifa, Singapore

☆ My kid just went to college, and I'm now an empty nester. I don't want to fill all my time with work.
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-16 | by ( Sayu Bhojwani | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

My grief is not over the fact that they are in college, but that our family life is forever changed. AdvertisementAs the leader of a national organization focused on building a more inclusive democracy, I have traveled extensively for work. Without my child at home, I don't know what I'll have as a bulwark against work. But the sense of urgency that often informs professional life is largely unnecessary unless you're a healthcare professional or emergency aid worker. However purposeful and satisfying my professional life can be, I want to hold on to that part of my life that's not about producing, reacting, and managing people and problems.

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☆ The Great Detachment is looming for employees, experts warn — especially for Gen Z
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-14 | by ( Lindsay Dodgson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

And Gen Zers, as the cohort associated with "quiet quitting" and a job being just a job, are leading the charge. "And then there's about 17% who are actively disengaged, they are unhappy. According to Gallup data this year, millennials and Gen Zers are seeing the biggest drop in engagement. Millennials have dropped seven points, from 39% to 32% being actively engaged, while actively engaged Gen Zers have dropped from 40% to 35%. The percentage of actively disengaged millennials has risen from 12% to 17%, while for Zoomers, it has increased from 13% to 14%.

Persons: Zers, Richard Wahlquist, It's, We've, Wahlquist, millennials, Millennials, Leena Rinne, Rinne, they're, I'm, hasn't, Khyati Sundaram, Sundaram, Gen Zs, Zs, Skillsoft, — Organizations: Service, Business, American Staffing Association, Gallup, Skillsoft, BI

☆ Stop the crackdown on coffee-badging — here's the real problem
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-30 | by ( Bonnie Dilber | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The latest one: Coffee badging. Better yet, take steps to make coffee badging unnecessary in the first place. My encouragement to any employer who notices coffee badging happening:Explore the purpose of the expectation. If you notice coffee badging happening in your business, talk to your people. AdvertisementEmployers should either figure out how to make being in the office more purposeful — or drop that office requirement altogether.

Persons: —, they're, there's, it's Organizations: Service, Employees, Business, Employers, America

☆ A Yale professor who struggled with stress created a concrete guide to being happy. Here's how it works.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-28 | by ( Julia Pugachevsky | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Santos, a Yale professor, oversaw over 500 students during the pandemic, ran a university lab, and led a podcast, she said in a recent episode. But there was some irony to her high stress levels: Santos is also known as a "happiness expert." In new episodes of her podcast, Santos tackles how she "flunks her own class," from being a perfectionist to fearing boredom. In the episode on stress, she spoke to David S. Yeager, a psychology professor at UT Austin. Advertisement"That was really profound for me, because stress really felt like it's just this biological phenomenon," Santos said.

Persons: —, Laurie Santos, Santos, Ryan Dilley, Dilley, busyness Santos, it's, David S, Yeager Organizations: Service, Business, UT Austin Locations: Yale

☆ You don't have to get things done quickly to get ahead—here's what to prioritize instead
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-28 | by ( Jennifer Liu | In Jljenniferliu | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

If you think of productivity as your ability to get things done quickly, you might be going about it wrong. Being the first to raise your hand isn't the only way to succeedThe key is understanding how to solve problems for your boss, Newport says. They want that stress to go away," Newport says. There are two main ways to remove this stress for your boss, Newport says. However, "the other way you can take the stress away right away is that you're super organized," he adds.

Persons: Cal Newport, it's Organizations: Georgetown University Locations: Newport

☆ My youngest asked if I was sad there were no more teenagers in our house. Honestly, I'm not.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-17 | by ( Leonie Jarrett | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A new phase of parenting has started — parenting adults, three of whom still live at home. I'm not sure I'm sadI was sad when the kids hit other milestones. I had children at home, children at kindergarten, children at primary school, children at secondary school, children at play dates, and children at activities. Even so, having four children grow into adults in your house is a lot. I want to enjoy them nowSo, am I sad I don't have teenagers in the house anymore?

Persons: We've, I'm Organizations: Service

☆ Want to boost your productivity? Hit the movies during work, expert says
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-09 | by ( Jennifer Liu | In Jljenniferliu | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

At least, that's one productivity tip from Cal Newport, a Georgetown University professor and author of "Slow Productivity." Newport's latest book aims to help people eliminate what he calls "pseudo productivity," or the performance of busyness, and to replace that effort with outcomes-based work. "What matters is, what are you producing over time, and how good is the stuff you're producing?" The basic principles of switching to slow productivity are to do fewer things, work at a natural pace and obsess over quality. You could also try working in cycles.

Persons: Newport Organizations: Cal Newport, Georgetown University, Newport, CNBC Locations: Cal, Newport, Basecamp

☆ King Charles to Return to Public Duties, Reassuring Anxious Royal Watchers
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-26 | by ( Mark Landler | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

King Charles III will return to public duties next week, Buckingham Palace announced on Friday, an encouraging sign of his recovery, nearly three months after he disclosed that he had cancer, and a palpable relief to a country anxious about another wrenching change in the British monarchy. Charles and his wife, Queen Camilla, will mark his return with a visit to a cancer center on Tuesday, where they will meet with patients and staff, the palace said. Yet in the opaque world of the royal family, the busyness of a monarch’s calendar is often the best clue to his well-being. The news offers a ray of hope for a royal family that has been shadowed by health concerns since the beginning of the year. She has been out of the public eye since she was hospitalized in January, igniting a storm of often spurious rumors about her condition.

Persons: King Charles III, Charles, Queen Camilla, Emperor Naruhito, Masako, Catherine, Princess, Wales Organizations: Buckingham Locations: British, Japan

☆ I deleted my email app. My mental health, free time, and productivity skyrocketed.
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-27 | by ( Katie Lemon | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

I've deleted social media apps from my phone, but was still hooked to my email app. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . But as a self-employed writer, there's one app that's haunted me far more than social media: my email app. It had never occurred to me: you could just... delete your email app? My email app had become a facade of busyness and efficiency.

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☆ I got a $40K raise using this 30-second strategy. It made me realize loud work, not hard work, always wins.
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-26 | by ( Avni Barman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

She explains the 'lazy girl strategy' that got her a $40,000 raise. It wasn't because I was the hardest worker or an exceptional employee, but because I employed what some call the "lazy girl strategy." This "lazy girl strategy" is really just about being proactive about sharing my work successes in an efficient way. AdvertisementThe "lazy girl strategy" isn't actually lazy or just for womenHow you package and present your work to leadership when seeking a promotion is as important as the work itself, and the "lazy girl strategy" can help you efficiently do so. But in the meantime, the "lazy girl strategy" helped me get a $40,000 raise, and perhaps it could help you too.

Persons: Avni Barman, Barman, —, Avni Barman I've, it's Organizations: Service Locations: Atlassian

☆ I was a stressed-out, type-A college student. My study abroad experience in Argentina helped me become less anxious.
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-11 | by ( India Amos | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

AdvertisementWhile pursuing a double major in undergrad at a small liberal arts college in Ohio, I was given an incredible opportunity to study abroad in Buenos Aires, Argentina. As a low-income, first-generation college student from West Virginia, this felt like an unparalleled opportunity to see the world. In Argentina, 'busy culture' doesn't existIn the US, many of us are conditioned to stay busy from an early age. During my months in Buenos Aires, almost nothing happened when it was scheduled to occur. As a student in Buenos Aires, I learned I didn't have to tackle my problems with an American perspective.

Persons: —, I've, I'd, we're, I'm Organizations: Service, Business, Buses Locations: undergrad, Ohio, Buenos Aires, Argentina, West Virginia, South America, American

☆ The Very Busy Writer Telling Everyone to Slow Down
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-06 | by ( Jennifer Szalai | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

SLOW PRODUCTIVITY: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout, by Cal NewportAbout halfway through his new book, “Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout,” Cal Newport presents the example of Galileo, whose summertime visits to a villa near Padua gave him a chance to rest and reflect between scientific pursuits. “Once there,” Newport writes, “he would take long walks in the hills and enjoy sleeping in a room ingeniously air-conditioned by a series of ducts that carried in cool air from a nearby cave system.”But that “ingeniously air-conditioned” room also happened to be deadly. The glancing footnote about Galileo’s ailment gestures at something profoundly connected to Newport’s subject: the tension between contingency and control, and the specter of mortality that looms over our preoccupation with productivity and time. But Newport, who writes that the idea for this book came to him during the pandemic, isn’t inclined to explore anything so complicated. For his purposes, Galileo is just another input — an exemplar like any other.

Persons: Cal, Galileo, ” Newport, “, ”, Marie Curie, Lin, Manuel Miranda, Alanis Morissette Organizations: Cal Newport, Newport Locations: Padua, Newport, Philippines

☆ Harvard psychology expert: 5 signs you’re dealing with toxic productivity—and what to do about it
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-04 | by ( Natalie Christine Dattilo | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

As an instructor of psychology at Harvard Medical School and a therapist who treats anxiety and depression, I've encountered plenty of people who exhibit these and other signs of toxic productivity. What is toxic productivity? Productivity becomes toxic when you feel pressure to be productive at all times and prioritize your perpetual to-do list at the expense of your well-being. Here are five signs you've fallen into the toxic productivity trap — and what to do about it:1. For example, I might say, "Natalie, you're doing great today!"

Persons: he's, I've, Natalie Organizations: Harvard Medical School

☆ We lost our daughter when she was 15 months old. Turning her ashes into stones helped with our grief.
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-10 | by ( Amanda Goh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Kaylee Massey's youngest daughter Poppy was diagnosed with a rare genetic disorder at nine months old. Poppy died at 15 months old after being admitted into the hospital for an infection. After the funeral, Kaylee and her husband Jake decided to turn Poppy's ashes into stones that they could keep at home. Poppy's ashes produced about 12 small white stones with yellow specks. Kaylee MasseyWhat surprised us was how few stones there were: Poppy's ashes produced about 12 stones of varying sizes, and they were all quite small.

Persons: Kaylee, Poppy, Jake, —, Kaylee Massey, Rosie, Peter, she'd, we'd, We're, He'll, he's, he'll Organizations: Service

☆ I have chronic fatigue syndrome. These are my top self-care tips to have more energy and feel less exhausted.
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-08 | by ( Amy Arthur | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

At age 15, I developed chronic fatigue syndrome, a condition that causes extreme exhaustion, pain, cognitive issues, and more. Living with limited energy for so long has taught me a thing or two about managing fatigue. Choose rest activities that allow you to recoup some of the energy you've used. In each meal the largest food group should be vegetables, and leafy greens like kale or spinach are best for supporting your cognitive energy. I've lived nearly half my life with chronic fatigue syndrome, and I've realized that while it's important to protect your energy, don't hoard it.

Persons: I've, I'm, It's, — Organizations: Service, Business

☆ I moved from NYC to live in a Hawaiian penthouse with 19 strangers. Co-living helped me form adult friendships.
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-26 | by ( Kaitlyn Cheung | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

After six months of living in NYC, the winter blues finally caught up to me and I began to seek a different way of living. I stumbled upon Surfbreak HNL, a penthouse where co-living and coworking come together for digital nomads. From application to move-in, I didn't know what to expectThe Surfbreak rooms vary in size. I loved connecting with my fellow residents, who were remarkably openI formed lifelong friendships while living in Hawaii. Although I no longer live in the house, I still have a friend group from when I did.

Persons: —, coworking, Kaitlyn Cheung, Surfbreak Organizations: Service, Business, Surfbreak HNL Locations: New York City, Honolulu, NYC, Waikiki Beach, Hawaii

☆ I moved into a penthouse in Hawaii with 19 strangers. Co-living helped me form friendships as an adult.
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-26 | by ( Kaitlyn Cheung | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

After six months of living in NYC, the winter blues finally caught up to me and I began to seek a different way of living. I stumbled upon Surfbreak HNL, a penthouse where co-living and coworking come together for digital nomads. From application to move-in, I didn't know what to expectThe Surfbreak rooms vary in size. I loved connecting with my fellow residents, who were remarkably openI formed lifelong friendships while living in Hawaii. After all, Hawaii has a rich heritage, and temporary residents are responsible for respecting and protecting it.

Persons: —, coworking, Kaitlyn Cheung, Surfbreak Organizations: Service, Business, Surfbreak HNL Locations: New York City, Honolulu, NYC, Waikiki Beach, Hawaii

☆ Life on the road can be grueling for NBA players and staff. But Celtics center Al Horford says support from the league's Mind Health program is a game changer.
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-09 | by ( Brea Cubit | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

To help players, the Boston Celtics organization offers mental-health resources, Al Horford told BI. How the Celtics organization supports players' mental healthThis is a complicated, shared experience among frequent business travelers. The NBA's increased focus on mental healthKensa Gunter, the NBA's director of mind health since 2020, is helping lead this charge across the NBA's 30 teams. Those efforts evolved into the Mind Health program, which launched in 2018 and became an even more crucial resource in 2020, when the pandemic hit and social unrest swelled, Gunter added. "How do you help someone maintain their mental health while they're doing so much traveling and are away from their families?"

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☆ 95-year-old 'Ambassador to Loneliness': If the job that'll make you happy doesn't exist, create it
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-29 | by ( Renée Onque | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

At 95, Dr. Ruth Westheimer is shifting gears from her lengthy, notable career as a sex expert and taking a chance on a new role. The only issue was that an ambassador position for loneliness didn't exist in New York, or any other state for that matter. DON'T MISS: How a job candidate so impressed the Daytime Emmys CEO, he created her a job: ‘We just absolutely loved her’"I still will talk about orgasms," Westheimer told The New York Times. Kathy Hochul to turn the ambassador position for loneliness into a reality, according to The New York Times. She called to ask me to serve as the very first Honorary Ambassador to Loneliness in the nation," Westheimer said.

Persons: Ruth Westheimer, Westheimer, ‘, let's, Kathy Hochul, Hochul, Dr, Ruth, Warren Buffett Organizations: New, Empire State, New York Times, Gov, The New York Times, York Locations: New York

I have a separate short-term savings account that I automatically put $10 in every week for gifts. While I do buy some gifts closer to the holidays (especially for kids), I buy items on sale all year. This is where I keep a gift fund. I don't have a firm budget for how much I spend each month, but I typically pull from my gift fund or my splurge fund from such purchases. Plus, I've received sundry items for gifting, such as stuffed animals, treat bags, gift boxes, baskets, and stocking stuffers.

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