Losing a work colleague can be jarring and disrupt your day-to-day routine. To move forward, take steps to funnel your emotions into productive activities that will remind you of the positives of your workplace. With widespread layoffs prompted by COVID-19, many of us have lost our valued coworkers and work friends. Undoubtedly, these layoffs are a tragedy for those left without jobs, but retained employees are likewise affected. Yes, layoff survivors may feel a level of relief and gratitude, but this is in addition to a host of other emotions. Read Full Story

Just because Ikea is closed doesn’t mean your GI tract gets the day off. Ikea is not just the world’s most popular furniture company; it might be the world’s foremost meatballer, too. The company sells over a billion Swedish meatballs each year in its cafeterias and frozen to-go packs. And now, with Ikea stores closed around the world in response to COVID-19, the company published a recipe so you can duplicate the dish at home. Read Full Story

At this moment, your job prospects may seem bleak, but you can still take purposeful steps toward your next role. A few weeks ago, everything may have felt stable in your career. Now, with the coronavirus outbreak continuing to have a tremendous human and economic impact, you’ve suddenly been given the unfortunate news: You’re getting laid off. Read Full Story

A serial entrepreneur explains how she learned to live with Amazon by throwing out the old playbook. Amazon took all the friction out of retail, and then some. It used to be that if you wanted to buy something, you had to get up from your chair, walk out your door, go find it, buy it, and then bring it back home. These days, you don’t even have to stand up, and the thing you want will be at your door a day or two later. Read Full Story

The authors of a new book offer creative and thoughful ways to maximize your time off that will gift you with inspiration, ideas, and recovery. Take in a deep breath and hold it. Keep holding. How long can you hold your inhale until it gets uncomfortable? Thirty seconds? A few minutes? It doesn’t take long until we all, eventually, need to exhale. Read Full Story

National Donut Day (or National Doughnut Day, if you insist) has arrived. Krispy Kreme and Dunkin’ have great deals. Or call your local vegan shop. We all need a sweet treat right about now. National Donut Day (or National Doughnut Day, if you insist) has arrived just in time: Donut shops nationwide are offering free, delectable, delicious donuts. Call your local specialty and vegan shops first for their promotions . Read Full Story

Just as our elections are being upended by the coronavirus crisis, this new HBO documentary will make you even more fearful about the 2020 race. If you go to your polling place on Election Day in full faith that your vote will be counted, you obviously didn’t see Kill Chain , the new HBO documentary about election security in the United States. Read Full Story

An executive at Nomadic Learning says that now that the early adrenaline rush of quarantine—scrambling online classes or remote work, hosting emergency virtual town halls—is wearing off, the next challenge is endurance. There’s a moment in childhood, usually around age 12 or 13, where you realize (to your horror) that your parents actually have no idea what they’re doing. They, like you, are winging it. Read Full Story

These Wi-Fi mesh systems can boost signal, speed, and your sanity while you try to stay connected at home. Ah, the simple pleasures of working from home: no dress code, playing whatever music you fancy, snacking, and dealing with slow, glitchy internet. Most of our home routers aren’t equipped to deal with the demands of videoconferencing, uploading, downloading, and computing like the high-speed, broadband internet at the office. So how do you fix the buffering, slow madness? First off, make sure that your plan with your internet service provider has a large enough bandwidth to fit your work-from-home needs. Most major ISPs are currently lifting data caps and opening their Wi-Fi hotspots to even those who don’t subscribe to their service. Currently, all carriers have opened their mobile hotspots to the public for 60 days, per the FCC’s request . Additionally, some providers are increasing internet speeds for existing customers, …

A constant stream of breaking news will only weigh on your mind. Instead, opt to check updates at certain times of the day and turn to only trusted sources. It’s inevitable to feel a lump in your throat when reading the news these days. “Death! Panic! Danger!,” shout 24/7 headlines surrounding the coronavirus. Read Full Story