Morning Brew - 🍻 Aggressive head nodder

While a year of WFH life has made us question how we ever commuted to and from an office five days a week, a new survey by the Future Forum found that 63% of respondents want a remote-office hybrid once the pandemic is over. That means your middle part will go out of style before video calls do. If you’re still nailing down exactly how to look your best on camera, I’m getting my tips from a full stack developer who learned from Twitch streamers and YouTubers. 

That said, by 5 pm no one is living their best life on Zoom. Stanford researchers recently unearthed four common causes of video call fatigue, plus how to outsmart them all. Related: Who at Zoom was like, “You know what people need? More tabs”? Clozoom automatically closes those unnecessary launch tabs after you’ve entered the chat.  

P.S: Which Zoomer are you: the “aggressive head nodder” or the “absolute mystery”? 

• Orsola De Castro, author and founder of the nonprofit Fashion Revolution, shares how to make your clothes last longer. It’s good for your budget and the planet. 
• Dust off those airline miles with this guide to the countries opening their doors to vaccinated travelers. 
• From Morning Pages to visualization techniques, five thought leaders reveal how they’re stepping away from screens and keeping calm in quarantine. Guess I need to read The Artist’s Way...
• How to organize your home library for the ultimate shelfie or Zoom background. 

We all know someone who’s been dealt a tough hand but never acts like it. How do they stay so positive? Performance coach Lauren Johnson explores the strategies of seven mentally tough people. If she had to add an eighth person to that list, I’d nominate Iditarod racer Blair Braverman, who recently appeared on Kara Swisher’s pod Sway. The woman lived on a glacier and woke up one morning to find she’d been buried alive in a snow cave, so she knows a wee bit about mental endurance. 

And for my fellow Peloton riders out there, copy head fitness instructor Robyn Arzón’s 10-minute rule for pushing through productivity barriers. 

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• If you don’t have a set of heavy weights at home, resistance bands are an “easy” way to break a sweat. They hardly take up any space and can work all your muscle groups. The Bala ones are very chic.
• A foam roller is kinda like bitcoin: You didn’t know you needed it, but you do. (This is a joke—please don’t take financial advice from me!) I love rolling around on mine after long runs, but the best is stretching out your shoulders after a long day at your desk. 
• Consider this motivational water bottle that encourages you to stay hydrated. It’s 10x less annoying than that water tracking app sending you constant notifications. Bonus: The New York Times did a deep dive on the bottle’s stardom.

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