Things are changing rapidly. Here’s how I’m coping.
Anyone else feel like 2021 is flying by?
Time has taken on a new meaning for most of us during the COVID-19 pandemic. 2020 felt simultaneously like it lasted a decade and like it took no time at all. I feel as though I didn’t really age, like my 2020 birthday was a trick. How can I say I had one more year of life when I didn’t do much?
This year has many of the same effects, although mostly I feel as thought time is moving dramatically quickly and things are changing rapidly. From the evolving situation with the delta variant to the regular pace of life and the news, it can feel hard to keep up. Sure August is a lazy month of summer, but once September starts, it’s a quick race from back-to-school to Halloween, Thanksgiving and December holidays.
bronze medal-winning return Tuesday after withdrawing from previous Olympic events, has become a model for mental health awareness.
Biles, the most decorated active gymnast in the world and a survivor of sexual abuse by former USA Gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar, prioritized her well-being over an audience hungry for her performance, withdrawing from the team final and the individual all-around competition because she had “to do what’s right for me and focus on my mental health.”
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Tips to help with a unique back-to-school season
The 2020-2021 school year was unlike any other. Millions of students spent part – or most – of the year learning remotely. After months physically away from teachers, classmates and a traditional school day structure, some kids may feel a little out of practice when it comes to tackling the start of a “normal” school year this fall.
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Today’s reads
- Drama, disbelief jubilation: The men’s 400-meter hurdles at the Tokyo Olympics had it all.
- National parks are really crowded during the summer months, but what we leave behind can hurt the parks we love. Our Travel team wrote about how to truly leave no trace when you leave a park.
- Many companies are returning to the office but Americans are still struggling to find ways to take care of their kids. In our AskHR column a reader wonders, can I ask my company for help with childcare?
- Kathy Griffin opened up this week about her stage 1 lung cancer diagnosis, even though she’s not a smoker. Our health reporters wrote about the risk of lung cancer even if you’ve never had a cigarette.
- Looking for a cooking, home renovation, travel, romance or science reality show? I rounded up my 10 favorite series on Discovery+, the new streaming service that includes networks like HGTV, Food Network, Travel Channel and TLC.
Today’s pet
Meet Duke, a foster “failure.” And by failure, owner Candace Johnson means that instead of just fostering the little pup, she ended up adopting him.
“He was just too cute, loving and well-behaved to let him go,” she says. “Although a little needy and a little jealous of his two four-legged brothers, we love him dearly. He is afraid of thunderstorms and loud noises, but loves the Amazon and UPS drivers. He likes to go for very long walks – sometimes getting almost all the way around the block (within feet of our house) – and sits down until you turn around and walk him back around the way he just came. He can turn a 1/2 mile walk into a mile walk with his stubbornness.”
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