上周五，当我们把员工的每周升级汇总到一起时，我们的编辑们正在学习硬拷贝食谱的乐趣，更频繁地捐赠，以及处理旧的401（k）计划。
本周，我们将用新的美容产品来打扮自己，寻找创造性的方法来清理家里的杂物，通过简单的饮料交换来减少饮酒，并使用应用程序来阻止我们在空闲时间查看Twitter。
你这周做了什么升级？请在评论中告诉我们。
Stop Resisting Cult Beauty Products
I hate to be “that bitch” but I bought Glossier’s lip gloss and I’ll be damned if it doesn’t make my lips look like the best version of themselves. Compliments abound. Someone asked me if my lips had been “plumped.” It reminds me of the gloss I wore as a tween but not as sticky and not flavored. I thought I needed lip injecti***. Turns out I just needed the right gloss.
claire lower, food & beverage editor
Your Drill is A Pretty Good Brush
I recently gave my 13-year-old animal companion a bit of peanut butter to enjoy during his scheduled bath to keep him content while I vigorously scrubbed his tiny, furry form. Unfortunately, that peanut butter ended up on the carpet, with my dog seated a good distance away from his aromatic accident. I knew this would happen sooner or later, so I was prepared. A few days prior, I ordered a soft-bristle circular brush attachment for my cordless drill. After cleaning up the bulk of the mess and treating the area, I proceeded to scrub away the remainder of the stain a few hundred revoluti*** at a time. Turns out power tools have more than enough power to make accidents almost fun to clean up. Almost.
patrick austin, staff writer
Survive a Frigid Office With a Snuggie
After dealing with frigid office temps for weeks, I unearthed the (leopard print) Snuggie I got for Chanukkah in 2008 and brought it to work. It’s definitely sleeker than wearing my winter coat at my desk, and the arms make it better than a normal blanket. I’m either the office’s biggest doofus or a huge genius.
emily lipstein, social media editor
Swap Booze With Bitters
I’ve been drinking less, using tips from tl80’s podcast and from Tom Scocca’s piece “Have Two Drinks at a Party.” I try to pace myself between “real” drinks, but I don’t like soda, and plain water feels awkward and boring. So this Wednesday, instead of a second beer, I tried seltzer and bitters, a trick Alice gave on the podcast last year. Tasted great, felt as “real” as booze, and I stayed nice and sober.
nick douglas, staff writer
Repurpose Productivity Apps to Help You Unwind
The Forest app is best known as a timer to help you focus on work, but I’ve been using it to facilitate goofing off. If you use any app other than Forest while a tree is “growing,” the tree dies. So I plant two-hour trees all weekend long, and every night before bedtime. I end up spending a lot less time on Twitter and a lot more time drawing and reading and playing with my kids.
beth skwarecki, health editor
Free Yourself From Watching Everything on Your Laptop
This week’s upgrade falls firmly into the category of “spending money on stuff,” but it’s a big change for me, and I’m excited: for the first time in my ***** life, I have a TV! I bit the bullet and finally picked up a TV, Roku, and basic antenna so I can pick up local channels. I plan to spend the weekend watching the Olympics, and basking in the ***** luxury of not watching everything on my tiny laptop screen.
virginia k. **ith, managing editor
Experiment With Bagel Flavor Mixing
I got my favorite type of bagel in the office on Monday: a poppy seed bagel that was _next to_ a salt bagel. Perfect amount of texture, flavor, and seasoning.
joel kahn, senior video producer
Clean Your Damn Dishwasher
I cleaned my dishwasher. Yes, I was under the impression that a machine that cleans other things should know how to clean itself, but that is not the case. And things build up! You need to wash the dishwasher, friends. I removed the filter and the propeller and the shattered-glass collector (these are probably not the correct terms for dishwasher components) and soaked everybody. I scrubbed weird food residue off the inside. Is my dishwasher running better? I am not sure. But I feel better knowing I don’t have what is basically a cabinet with old food scraps sticking to it in my kitchen anymore.
melissa kirsch, editor-in-chief
Expand Your Wi-Fi’s Reach
I bought a Wi-Fi range extender since our router is in the worst place ever. It’s been helping me not lose Overwatch games.
patrick allan, staff writer
