Coffee chats, 1 on 1’s, and networking dinners are key activities you must participate in if you want to take your career to the next level. Because of remote work, professionals must be intentional about ensuring their career goals are on track.

4 years ago I graduated with my undergraduate degree. I have a career that I love, but part of me questions if I should go back to school and obtain my master’s degree. If I look around me, graduate school is becoming the next “adulting” step. But is it really worth it?

Technology is great - but sometimes you can lose the natural flow of your conversations. Mentoring and networking look very differently these days.

With nationwide school closures and many summer camps and activities canceled for summer, parents have taken on the role of teacher, principal, cafeteria cook, tutor, and entertainer while trying to work from productively. However, there is a population of Americans who may need extra help these new times – parents and caretakers of students with special abilities.

Growing up, I loved snowstorms. I was fascinated with how mother nature could change our plans in a matter of hours and there was nothing we could do about it. I think I loved how it all felt like spur-of-the-moment. While COVID-19 is much more complex, terrifying, and impactful; like snowstorms, it has changed what we had planned. And with change there’s always some good – so here’s some life lessons or some good that I’ve found in the coronavirus.