上周五，当我们对员工每周的升级进行总结时，我们的编辑们正在为我们的浴室添加合理的设计，尽情地放松，并重新考虑我们对家庭度假的期望。
新年伊始，我们正在深入打扫我们的公寓，改用立式办公桌，重新调整我们的写作程序，为我们的目标跑步省钱。
你这周做了什么升级？请在评论中告诉我们。
Keep Your New Year’s Celebrati*** Small
My wife and I held our own **all New Year’s Eve gathering for the second year in a row, with under a dozen guests, and no one getting totally sloshed, and it was such a relief. Downgrade: We realized our streaming app was on a delay, rendering the Times Square ball-drop useless. So we did the Phil Collins version of the “start your year off right” meme, but HE GOT THE TIMING WRONG.
nick douglas, staff writer
Stick to Your New Year’s Cleaning Resoluti***
I organized my closet and dresser. I deep-cleaned my bathroom and added this shower caddy, which I love. I bought a hamper that comes with a removable laundry bag for easy apartment-to-laundromat transportation. My roommates and I cleaned our kitchen, including decluttering a towering shelving unit filled with food and cookbooks. Basically, I spent all of my money at the Container Store, but it was worth it.
alicia adamczyk, staff writer
Stand in the Place That You Work
On the first day of 2018, a chat about meditation somehow spiraled into a search on Craigslist for a standing desk. By the middle of the week, after a few emails, a pair of text messages, and one incredibly harrowing Lyft ride, I was the proud owner of a used standing desk. I’m skeptical of the whole “standing desk” movement but the positive effects standing could have on my day-to-day activities, coupled with the negative effects of sitting on your behind all day, are too risky for me to ignore. New year, new desk.
patrick austin, staff writer
Don’t Settle for Cold Coffee
Our New York offices have been freezing recently, and when it’s not possible to work from home, we’ve all been coming up with workarounds. For me, that’s meant keeping a blanket at my desk, and also ordering one of these desk coffee mug warmers, the kind of tiny office tchotchke that makes a surprisingly big difference. My tea can’t keep my hands warm if it gets cold after five minutes!
virginia k. **ith, managing editor
Lounge Around in Genie Pants
The other day, I bought stretchy-waisted velvet cropped pants on sale at Anthropologie, and it is possible that I haven’t taken them off since. My hu**and says I look like Aladdin, and I kind of do, but I love them a lot. They are so comfortable and feel fancier than my usual yoga pants. It’s a new year, and it’s nice to feel fancy.
michelle woo, parenting editor
Get Stuff for Your New Stuff
I’m using a new all USB-C Macbook Pro now, but I still need to use old-school USB stuff, so these adapters are a life-saver.
patrick allan, staff writer
Dive Into Digital Couponing
I have always been very resistant to any kind of couponing for whatever reason, but a friend finally convinced me to get the Target app, which was a good move because I go to Target all the time. I saved $9, which is a cocktail, so I’d say it was worth it.
claire lower, health & beverage editor
Add Greenery to Your Bathroom
I put a pretty little potted plant in my bathroom. It will die, but until then, it just makes me happy.
beth skwarecki, health editor
Don’t Fake Being a Morning Person
As a writer trying to complete a few projects in my free time, I’d been struggling to write in the mornings. I am not a morning person; I can get up if required to do so, because I’m an *****, but opting to get up before the sun makes me want to weep, because I’m still kind of a baby. (Although I guess babies do get up before the sun shines. But I digress.) Anyway, this week I started a new habit: I’m writing at night. And sure, maybe I’m worn out from a long day of life hacking. Maybe my mind would be clearer at dawn. I don’t care. I don’t have to drag myself out of a warm bed while it’s pitch black out anymore. And if I have a bad writing session, it doesn’t ruin my entire day.
alice bradley, deputy editor
