当我们上一次把员工的每周升级都集中到一起时，我们的编辑正在安装自己的坐浴盆，减少***的摄入，保护自己不受运动引起的伤害。
本周，我们一直在清理和捐赠杂物，寻找一整天自由自在的小方法，结束我们强迫性的电子邮件检查，并在家里的雪天做一些锅碗瓢盆烹饪。
你这周做了什么升级？请在评论中告诉我们。
Use Command hooks to clear clutter
My partner has started keeping more stuff at my place, including many jackets and hats, so I broke down and got some Command hooks to keep the jackets off of my chairs and doorknobs.
claire lower, food & beverage editor
Build self-care into your news feed
This is a tiny upgrade: I started following @tinycarebot on Twitter. Every hour or so, it tweets a reminder, like “take a quick moment to play a song that helps you feel happy please.” It’s nice to have these little interludes as I’m scrolling through my feed.
beth skwarecki, health editor
Use a snow day to make your food for the week
This week, I took full advantage of the faux-blizzard by making this slow cooker recipe for butter chicken. Not only did it make my apartment **ell like spices and butter the entire day (mmm), but I’m still benefiting from the leftovers.
alicia adamczyk, staff writer
Get a jump on the whole spring cleaning thing
I spring cleaned my whole apartment. Got rid of TONS of clothes (T*** = 2 garbage bags full). Made quick work of what to keep, donate, and throw out. It not only made a lot of room in my closet, but also reminded me to wear clothes I would have otherwise forgotten about.
joel kahn, senior video producer
Don’t let your inbox own you
I unpinned my email tab. Now I just open it every hour or two and handle a dozen emails at once. (tl80’s internal communication happens on Slack.) Next week I hope to get down to just three opens a day.
nick douglas, staff writer
Learn from your Ikea mistakes
This week, I decided to buy a brand-new IKEA drawer unit to stash under my desk, so all the junk I keep on top of my desk can go away. Naturally, it shipped with a banged-up side panel—both an issue for c***truction and an aesthetic annoyance, given how much I paid for the stupid drawers. How long did it take to chat this issue out with IKEA on the phone? OVER AN HOUR. Next time, I might as well just spend that hour driving back and forth to the local IKEA—at least I’ll get meatballs out of the deal. And probably a new ANTAGEN. It was an upgrade in theory, and I have now upgraded my ways: I’ll just go to the damn store.
david murphy, senior tech editor
Aggressively schedule your relaxation time
I’ve gotten pretty c***istent as a morning meditator, but I’ve also wanted to carve out time to do it mid-day, and had been struggling to make it happen. This week, I set up a daily reminder on my phone that will bug me to meditate, somewhere around lunchtime. It hasn’t meant that I’ve done it every day, but it’s definitely increased my success rate, and is nudging me in the right direction. Eventually, I’m hoping it becomes enough of a habit that I don’t need a digital reminder, but in the meantime, the nudge has been really helpful.
virginia k. **ith, managing editor
