{"id":41732,"date":"2023-12-27T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-27T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/?p=41732"},"modified":"2023-12-26T12:52:07","modified_gmt":"2023-12-26T19:52:07","slug":"whats-in-my-now-jennifer-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/whats-in-my-now-jennifer-s\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s in my NOW? \u2014 Jennifer S."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/whatsinmynow.substack.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Sign up here<\/em><\/a><em>\u00a0to get\u00a0What\u2019s in my NOW?\u00a0a week early in your inbox.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am an econometrician working in the Pharma industry, finding trends and patterns in the chaos of data. I exercise my creative muscles by playing the ukulele and hosting a regular online&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.meetup.com\/spontaneous-creativity\/\">Flash Fiction Meetup<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9a168b27-41fe-4f0f-9439-9750e5930d8a_861x487.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img src=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9a168b27-41fe-4f0f-9439-9750e5930d8a_861x487.jpeg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4><strong>PHYSICAL<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elizabethw.com\/collections\/hot-cold-packs\">My ElizabethW flaxseed hot\/cold pack<\/a>. Two minutes in the microwave for a warm delight that helps me get to sleep at night. It is larger than an eyemask and the perfect length and weight to soothe. I rest it on my stomach when I&#8217;m having tummy issues, or down my back when I&#8217;m feeling chilled.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/geni.us\/hBtSW8\">Don&#8217;t call it a fanny pack<\/a>! It is a hiking pack I wear around my waist. Supersized so it can carry water, keys, phone, beanie, sunscreen, bug spray, gloves and more. Very durable. And won&#8217;t move when cinched tight. Super long strap so I can wear it over a t-shirt or even a puffy vest. Lots of pockets.<\/li><li>I&#8217;ve moved on to an advanced foam roller:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rumbleroller.com\/collections\/rumbleroller-original-density-rollers\/products\/rumbleroller-mid-size-22-original-textured-foam-roller\">The Rumbleroller<\/a>. Spiky. It sat under my bed, scaring me, for about a year before I worked it into my morning stretching routine. But now I can&#8217;t go back to the plain, smooth version. It has helped me work through knee issues and hip issues and just-getting-old issues.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4><strong>DIGITAL<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/insighttimer.com\/\">Insight Timer<\/a>! I have meditated 811 days in a row (and counting) because of Insight Timer! Wonderful mix of guided meditations from teachers from around the world. I go for the secular, breath-and-body focused ones, instead of the more spiritual or love-and-kindness ones. And they have a great selection of music tracks that help me concentrate when working.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.boardgamearena.com\/gamepanel?game=sechsnimmt\">6 Nimmt game on BoardGameArea<\/a>. A deceptively simple card placement game that I play online with complete strangers. Helps me wind down after a stressful day.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4><strong>INVISIBLE<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>An icebreaker that my team has been using to start meetings:&nbsp;<strong>FISS<\/strong>. \u201cWhat is something Funny, Interesting, Silly, or Surprising that you&#8217;ve seen, or has happened to you, since we last spoke?\u201d It is quick, leads to great conversations, and gets people smiling before we get into the meat of the meeting.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p><strong>What\u2019s in your NOW?<\/strong><\/p><p>We want to know what\u2019s in your&nbsp;now&nbsp;\u2014 a list of&nbsp;6 things that are significant to you now&nbsp;\u2014 3 physical, 2 digital and 1 invisible.&nbsp;<\/p><p>If you\u2019re interested in contributing an issue, use this form to submit:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/Pf9BMuombeg1gCid9\">https:\/\/forms.gle\/Pf9BMuombeg1gCid9<\/a><\/p><p>If we run your submission in our newsletter and blog, we\u2019ll paypal you $25.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>issue #165<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":74,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[2303],"tags":[1553],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41732"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/74"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41732"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41732\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41733,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41732\/revisions\/41733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}