“We have responded by finding new ways to connect, to interact, to maintain community”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Needless to say, we’re a resourceful species \u2013 we have responded by finding new ways to connect, to interact, to maintain community. Connecting people is what we try to do here at Intercom<\/a>, so below, my teammates on the Intercom Content team share some links or online events we’ve found useful, or informative, or distracting, or inspiring.<\/p>\n We hope you find some of these resources useful during this difficult time.<\/p>\n Evelyn Clinton, Content Marketing Manager<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n It has been amazing to see during this very weird period just how much people are coming together, creating new things, and sharing those things with the world. A great example of this is a “Sanity Savers”<\/a> doc initially put together by employees from Salesforce, which lists anything and everything to help keep sane and fit while working from home.<\/p>\n My favorite thing has been the recreation of live events online, mimicking that shared experience we normally get in person. Last week, I \u201cwent\u201d to the weekly pub quiz with my friends, a performance of Candlelit tales<\/a>, concerts from Gavin James<\/a> and John Legend<\/a>, yoga classes from some of my favorite<\/a> teachers<\/a>, and a judo\/jiu jitsu total body workout<\/a>. It\u2019s awe-inspiring to see the beautiful things that people are still managing to contribute to the world, and I\u2019m hoping for more.<\/p>\n If you\u2019re looking for ways to keep focused at work, I\u2019m using a combination of Des\u2019s Productivity Guide<\/a> to help me plan out my days and the Pomodoro technique<\/a> to help me break down my work into manageable chunks.<\/p>\n Alexa Collins, Editor<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n I don\u2019t know about you, but my hands are raw from all of the daily washing and cleaning, my yoga studios are closed, and I\u2019m fantasizing about going out to eat at one of my favorite restaurants. The gravity of this situation makes it challenging to voice these small frustrations. I don\u2019t want to come across as ungrateful for my health and safety or disrespectful to those suffering far worse right now.<\/p>\n “It\u2019s a good idea to be honest about how you\u2019re feeling about all of this, take deep breaths, and celebrate the happy moments throughout each day”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n But when I came across an article on how to handle emotional health in a pandemic<\/a>, I took a small sigh of relief. It\u2019s okay to be sad that things have changed, no matter how small. It\u2019s a good idea to be honest about how you\u2019re feeling about all of this, take deep breaths, and celebrate the happy moments throughout each day. This article reminded me to take each positive moment \u2013 the budding leaves on my avocado plant, the excited greeting of my dog \u2013 and use them to propel me through it all.<\/p>\n Courtney Chuang, Senior Editor<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n In high school, I wanted to be a scientist. Not just any old scientist, but a medical researcher at the NIH<\/a>. (Time for a confession: I dropped out of organic chemistry halfway through the first class.) As Covid-19 continues to shake up our lives, I\u2019ve found myself absorbed, maybe a little too<\/em> much so, in understanding how new vaccines are made and just when we can expect one.<\/p>\n “It\u2019s stories like these that have provided much needed interruptions to long days at home”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n That curiosity led me to a discovery that has both amused me and brought me some small comfort in these uncertain times \u2013 secret government chickens. In a recent episode of NPR\u2019s Planet Money<\/a>, Sara Gonzalez chats to Rick Bright from BARDA, the US agency that houses thousands, if not millions, of chickens whose eggs can be used to produce emergency vaccines. The exact number and their location are classified as a matter of national security, of course.<\/p>\n It\u2019s stories like these that have provided much needed interruptions to long days at home, filling them with new insights and reminders of the people whose work will help lead us to better days.<\/p>\n Dee Reddy, Podcast producer<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n I\u2019d like to think of myself as an optimist with a healthy dose of cynicism so I\u2019m trying to maintain a good balance of light and shade in the present climate. I\u2019ve started keeping a list of the positives I\u2019ve seen arise from the current situation \u2013 recent entries included:<\/p>\n We also held a discussion with some of Intercom’s experienced remote workers, diving into the do’s and don’ts of working from home \u2013 their tips and lessons have certainly helped during this adjustment period.<\/p>\nSharing experiences<\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\nHandling emotional health<\/h2>\n
The chickens hold the key<\/h2>\n
Listing all the positives<\/h2>\n
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